Japanese citizens turning in cash found in tsunami zone

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: cnn

Tokyo (CNN) -- A tsunami that followed a massive earthquake last month may have destroyed some of Japan's structures, but police say the honest practice of turning in lost items, especially cash, remains intact.

Residents have turned in lost cash across the tsunami zone at a much higher rate than usual, the Miyagi Prefectural Police Department tells CNN.

A police spokesman, who asked not to be identified, citing department policy, said he could not specify how much cash has been turned in to lost-and-found offices at police stations. But, he said, of the 24 police stations across Miyagi Prefecture, nine of them are on the Pacific coastline.

Between March 12, the day following the earthquake and tsunami, and March 31, those nine police stations collected 10 times the amount of lost cash collected at the other 15 stations combined.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/japan.lost.cash/index.html?eref=edition

[msongs]

1. in the US, gun owners would be blasting each other to get their hands on the loot nt

[virgogal]

2. And non-gun owners would be duking it out with their fists.

[Tunkamerica]

5. and the handless would be kicking.

[Snoutport]

20. and the footless would be gnawing

[Tunkamerica]

21. not to mention the toothless

gumming

[xchrom]

3. +1

[slackmaster]

19. I, for one, would be offering to lend Mosin-Nagant rifles to my unarmed neighbors

To be used for self-defense against looters who failed to prepare themselves for the most likely natural disasters.

[Ilsa]

4. I'd turn in personal and sentimental items.

But I'd keep the cash. Where would it end up, anyway? Probably in possession of bureaucracy.

[I Have A Dream]

13. I think that I'd donate it to the relief effort. nt

[Historic NY]

6. There is something about making order out of chaos, that makes life bearable.

[freshwest]

7. Whatever one takes that isn't theirs, stays with one as a burden. They're smart to get rid of it.

[frebrd]

8. +1

[wellst0nev0ter]

9. So... How Will They Know Who Owns The Money?

Serious question here.

[kestrel91316]

10. I suspect, in a display of common sense, found funds will go for

community disaster relief.

[bluesmail]

11. It's a very noble act to turn the money in and I hope also

that what can't be given back to the owners (how would that go about) will go to disaster relief like kestrel wrote. :hi:

[Blue_Tires]

12. It gives me a little more faith in humanity to see this after such a disaster...

[golfguru]

14. My admiration for the Japanese culture grows even more

upon hearing that they are returning found cash!

In our good old USA, every unprotected or unoccupied store would have
been looted.

[here_is_to_hope]

15. Yeah cuz we are all Barbarians and shit.

I live on the Coast of Oregon, I search daily for windfall from the disaster in Japan. You think I am giving any loot back? Fuck no.
Barbarian bitches! Its the new Pirate.

[golfguru]

17. lol best luck finding some Yen n/t

[here_is_to_hope]

18. So far, just more plastic crap and

trash. Its been tough keeping the beaches clean.

[Sky Masterson]

16. Honor still means something.

I'm not surprised.