This photo taken on August 2, 2024 shows a teddy bear amongst thousands of items - all bagged, tagged and organised based on where and when they were lost - at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Centre in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo. – Photos: Richard A. Brooks/AFP
Lost your umbrella, keys, or perhaps a flying squirrel? In Tokyo, the police are almost certainly taking meticulous care of it.
In Japan, lost items are rarely disconnected from their owners for long, even in a mega city like Tokyo -- population 14 million.
