I am Japanese. When my sister and I were very small, we found a 100 yen coin in the park. As we had been taught at school, we delivered it to Koban. We were not old enough to realize that nobody would go to Koban to look for a lost 100 yen coin, but the officer gently asked us to fill out the pick-up report. He gave us 2 pencils that the police department name were printed, and said "You guys are very good girls" with smile. That made my sister and I so happy. When we returned home, my mother was waiting for us smiling. She told us that she got a call from the police officer from the Koban about delivering a 100 yen coin. She said "You guys are very good girls". That made us so happy again. Now, looking back then, I think that was his education for teaching children the importance of being honest. It has been 30 years since then, but it still remains in my heart as a precious childhood memory.
It's funny, because it has dark sides as much as light ones. And since its bright sides are really bright, the downsides are also really dark, like the thermal excursion in the desert. For a lot of reasons, even if it's arguably the world's """best""" country, you wouldn't ever live there
Japan is an amazing country from an outsider's perspective because it has many things that most of us, whether we live in North/South America or Europe, don't have. Vending machines that have fresh food, a train system that nearly spans the whole country, gas stations that have full grocery stores inside them, this lost and found video, etc. But like all countries it isn't without its own darkness. All these things exist because of Japan's extreme problem of overworking its citizens, which has been a persisting issue for a very long time. This issue is so bad that it's actually FIXING their overpopulation issue by killing off the older work force. But if you're just planning to visit (sometime after we are not banned from flying), then yeah it's a beautiful country.
@@BadKarma444 Compared to how they used to be (Edo era, pre/during WW2 era), their current condition wasn't bad. They have the strength and mentality to endure it. Japan being overworking is true, but USA is worse
Usa the smell of disaster, Fresh gun fire and relaxing gangster street Beautiful coloured red of blood and hilarious comedy Japan modern futuristic ,horny sperm & recycle weeb joke i quite not able to laugh or intended to understand what's so funny
@@rohanrao1611 no no, it is the truth. I often leave things / forget them. It is however much better nowadays than when I was little. I've luckily lived in Switzerland for most of my life and been very lucky with getting things returned.... 😅
Japan’s lost and found system is unlike any other. I was studying abroad there 2 years ago when my class took a field trip to a museum two towns over (this was in Kanagawa, which is just outside of Tokyo city limits). I realized I sat my phone down next to me on a concrete ledge but never thought to turn and pick it up as we all left the museum on a public bus. A side note, i have never ever lost my phone in public. We got back to the school, and I was panicking and shaking like crazy. My teacher, and a japanese student who was nice enough to help me translate as my Japanese still wasn’t very good at the time came with me to the nearest koban and took down our information. Not even 24 hours later, the student came and let me know that they mightve had my phone at a station 10 minutes away. Guess what, its was! They told me an older lady turned it in the night before and have been super appreciative of japanese society since.
When I was in university, there is a higher chance to get back ur lost phone or even laptop rather than an umbrella especially during monsoon season which basically 3/4 of the whole school yr.
I once forgot my umbrella in a classroom and I tried for several days to find it with no luck... I know its a cheap item but I was kinda connected with it or something...😭
@@Rickiye With respect, the Japanese economy is entering a recession. Also their economy has never been the same since the "Lost Decade" (1990s) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decade_(Japan)
tokyo’s lost and found: a good and reliable system to retrieve lost items my school’s lost and found: hey does anyone want this?? eh never mind let’s throw it out
My school doesn't even have a proper lost and found area ( ;; - ;; ) it's just a blimey transparent box underneath a table with no indication of its purpose, so the rate return would just be pure luck. AH ~ I'm still missing my precious pink swiss watch. R.I.P September 2019-2020
At my school it’s common just for people to go and take stuff from it. Sometimes I go and look what people lose and it’s weird. Once found a full on pare of jeans. They where they for months.
An uncle once while visiting Japan in the late 90's lost his camera that he bought at the airport when arriving, and a few days later the police delivered it at his hotel! I always thought that was a fable, until a few friends travel there and were amazed by the lost and found system.
Honest to god story: It's not just Toyko its the whole of Japan, related fact to the above quote "I think the reason there's a high rate of return in Japan is that the Japanese People have a custom of bringing lost items to the police" end quote. They are not kidding about this, the kids were not taught anything legit anything until a certain period in primary school, and the 1st half is just drilling basics of good conduct, manners discipline, and other types of morals into the children. The second story read if you are interested: I lost a camera once in Japan when me and my family were traveling to the upper part of Japan, to visit one of Japan's Unesco Site villages called Shirakawa-go. We were traveling there by a bullet train early in the morning, and I fell asleep halfway through our journey, and halfway through that journey, I placed my camera bag at the bottom of my seat that contained my camera to sleep better and walked out of the train without realizing it. Then fasting forward to when I was walking to the hotel with my parents and suddenly I realized that it wasn't there. So we rushed back to the station and talked to the station master, and the next thing I knew, it was there luckily I stopped at a significant stop and trainmaster had swept through the train before it departed. Man, I was lucky to be in Japan. Note: Correct if I am wrong as I am not good with the terminology for workers working with trains.
This is so true.. a few years back my mom left her bag in a rest room with all her travel documents and money. This was in a train station as we are going to Haneda Airport. so worried we got back to that train station and went to the lost and found. Got her bag without a scratch, the people in charge just ask her on how much money she thinks she has on her bag, I think to verify if it’s really hers. Thank you Tokyo!
I once lost my glasses in the restroom at my university in Peru, it was literally only 2 seconds I left and came to see my glasses gone, like who the heck needs my prescription glasses
@@priscillajimenez27 I asked that day and the day after, but nothing. I also lost 2 cellphones I carelessly left under the classroom desk, but that's normal since its valuable
@@brayanlopez2015 In the UK where I live, I actually have left my phone on my desk quite a few times and nobody has taken it. One time I left a pocket comb outside and it got stolen though (it was a really old comb that I forgot about in my bag and I took it out, one day somebody stole it while I was using a printer).
@@priscillajimenez27 it's more political than racist. If you're from the Philippines you would've realized that the yellow ribbon on the profile picture of first commenter is the symbol of a particular political party in the Philippines.
Japan: **has a system that depends on people's honesty** Other countries: **tries to copy it** Also other countries: Why it doesn't work??? Japan: That's where you're wrong kiddo.
I remember loosing my phone on my first day in Tokyo, I panicked, ran up and down the street, but after a few minutes I remembered that I was in Japan and just went to the nearest police box. It was a lot of fun, since the two young policemen were giggling at my frantic explanation and just said “Are you Michelle” (and I panicked like, why does the police know my name- what did I do?) and proceeded to tell me my name was written on a small note, from my friend, on the back of my phone! Very fun to look back at
I lost mine in a school bathroom and never saw it again. I mean, I lost it at SCHOOL! With a bunch of 11 year olds. Why are they even stealing at that age? 🤦🏽♀️ and lemme tell you something: most of those kids had wealthy parents. They did not need my lunch money!
I’ve actually lost my phone on the train the night before my flight back to my home country and was quite worried that I won’t be able to get it (I keep my ID in my phone case) so I was so frantic when I realized I’ve lost it especially since the day before me and my family went to SO MANY place but when I asked the dude he immediately new what phone I was talking about and I was quite shocked since it was being kept in 4 stations away from the station I was in but they were able to give it to me in less than 30 mins when if I lost my phone on my home country they would tell me to come back the next day but in Japan I got it in less than 30 mins so I applaud the people who found it and kept it until I took it cause without your help I wouldn’t be able to go to the plane (the iD was a residence ID so without it I can’t stay in my country for more than 2 months of course I could apply for a new one but that would be so long and expensive so thank you to the unsung heroes)😘❤️😂
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hell if you didnt show up to ask they prolly woulda came to hotel with a nice cup of coffee LOL!
This is so respectful and impressive. Japan is amazing in every way❤️. The best thing she said is, the reason Japan has such a high return rate, is because they have that custom of returning back the lost things, as they've been taught since the childhood. This is beautiful and a lesson to be learnt. 🙏
A Scientists develops a robot with super AI that can catch thieves instantly. The robot was placed in Tokyo. No thieves were caught. The robot was placed in America. 3 thieves were caught. The robot was placed in China. 6 thieves were caught. The robot was placed in the Philippines. The robot was stolen.
Omg...this is amazing!!! Here in México you get robbed on the bus, subway,etc. I put wire around my house,security cameras, i have a fierce dog to protect my property. The thought of recovering an object...unbelievable...Good for you Tokio.
I lost my passport on the metro when I was visiting Tokyo. I realised a few hours later and within 30 mins I was able to locate it and go and pick it up. Amazed and grateful at the efficiency and honesty of the Japanese.
I remember accidentally leaving my iPhone 5s at a public restroom in Meiji Shrine. During that time, iPhone 5s was one of the newly released phones. I had almost no hope of it being returned to be but when I came back later in the day, the janitor had it kept in their lost and found cabinet. Made me fall in love with Japan and its people.
Japan in its entirety is in a whole other world. I forgot a camera tripod in the last bus of the day, in the middle of the mountains in Shikoku. When I noticed it, I already was in Tokyo, more or less 700km apart. The tripod arrived in a really nice package and in perfect conditions in a matter of 2 or 3 days.
Not only in tokyo, but pretty much the entirety of Japan is amazing when it comes to lost items. When I lived there, people would always do their best to return stuff. My mom left her wallet in a super market once with around $200 worth in yen, and some guy ran to give it back to us. This other time, my mom left her phone in a restroom and it was still there 3 hours later.
Lost my wallet in Tokyo about 2 years ago on a summer holiday trip. Made a report at a local koban. Two days later I went to the police station to check if my wallet was found. Here I am today with the same wallet. Tokyo is nuts
Sooo... civilized. This couldn’t happen in the USA. There’s waaay too many assholes. 💯😔 Also- I’m a Philly uber driver and the most common thing left in my car are umbrellas. (And, of course garbage that people love to jam into my rear cup holders).
A relative lived and worked in Tokyo for many years. During one visit, we stopped at a 7-11 and left the umbrella outside while we shopped. After we finished, we were 3-4 blocks away and a man had run after us to deliver the umbrella we had forgotten. The honesty and kindness of that person (and that culture) gave me a lump in my throat, and made me want to pay it forward for the rest of my life.
I ended up going to Japan last summer and on my way to the airport to fly back home, I had left a small backpack up on the top storage rail/shelf. With an hour to go until my flight and about 30 minutes of charades, translators , and the most imaginable amount of stress, with the help center in the train station, the backpack was sent on a different train back and I ended up making my flight with time to spare >.< Thank god I was in Tokyo and not New York or something
I once left my phone in Nara Park, near Wakakusayama. At first I did not realise I lost my phone, I was already about a few meters away from Nara Station when I heard a Japanese girl running and shouting behind me. She was waving my phone while trying to call me. I was so grateful because I really did not realise that I left my phone in the park. I thanked her but she just rushed back to wherever. It was amazing. It was a long way from Wakakusayama to Nara Station and I couldn't believe she ran all that way to give me back my phone. Thank you Japanese girl from Nara.
I'm lucky I knew where I left my phone when I lost it in Akiba. My friend and I where browsing Animate and I must have put it down on one of the 10 or so floors we visited. I was separated from it for only thirty minutes and the store had already filed in in their lost and found. It's good that my phone has a very recognizable Kirby popsocet. Even though me and the employees couldn't talk, they were able to say Kirby and I blurted out a very excited YES! I was panicking and desperate because this is the first phone I got myself and its brand new and powerful. My friend kept reassuring me since we are in Japan and I really should have chilled out and listened to him 😅
This might not be an amazingly heart touching story but it's something that i won't forget about japan. I was on vacation in tokyo for a week and while walking on a bridge that connected 2 malls I dropped one of my gloves. I didn't notice because I had my headphones in and I didn't feel anything fall. A lady ran up to me and tapped my shoulder and pointed to my fallen glove. I thanked her and grabbed my glove from the floor and she went back to her boyfriend. Thanks lady 😊
I once forgot my backpack with laptop and passport on the train and only realised this after I walked out of the station. I rushed back full of anxiety and they literally stopped the train a few stations ahead just to locate the backpack. I had it back within half an hour, just needed to pick it up at the station where it was intercepted. Japanese people are extra in the best ways.
They have high moral values . Discipline - Their train timings n if late driver himself apologize to everyone one.. Cleanliness n Hygiene - They cleaned the stadium 2018 FIFA world cup after losing the game. Moral n ethics -This is the great example.. Respect for Japan...
A friend of mine had an experience to confirm this. We are both Americans. He was riding on a train in a large city in Japan (not Tokyo) and forgot his very expensive camera on his seat. He thought it was gone forever (it probably would have been if he was in the U.S.). However, someone had found it and left it with the staff at the train station. Long story short: He not only received his camera back, but it was delivered to him by staff. Amazing. Proof of what humans can be.
Visited Japan in 2017. Left a dslr camera on top of a train card loading machine. Realized after 30 minutes or an hr. Sprinted back to look for it. Not there anymore. Sweat was hot and cold and in buckets. Went to lost and found, not there. World started spinning. Was directed to another lost and found. It was there. Thanked all the people in Japan. It truly is amazing.
For real. My friend lost his phone on a ride at Tokyo Disneyland. We were panicking because it was a school trip and we were so worried he'd get in trouble with our teacher. We calmed down and he asked a crew for help and he got it back within minutes. Problem solved.
I really appreciate that how Japanese people deliver missing things to the police office or like station office. When I lost my commutation ticket the day I bought it, I cried. Then next day someone found and taken it to the station office and I had a phone call from station office that my commutation ticket is found.
There's another massive lost & found system in Tokyo other than police, which is train stations. When you lost an item in a train, they'll ask which train you took, which platform you use, which stairs you took, if the item was put on a shelf, etc. Then they'll search ALL the possible trains, or connected trains, or its destinations! It is one amazing logistics that's like magic.
I went to lawson before I went to a soba place, 1 hour later I realized that my phone was not in my bag, so I came back to lawson because that's the only place I went to before the soba place, I can't speak japanese at all, the workers didn't understand english really well but I could see that they tried their best to understand me 😂 Thanks God the workers understood my problem, asked some questions like what brand the phone is, the color, the lockscreen wallpaper, what time I went there, then they handed my phone and smile to me, I cried instantly because that was only my very first day in japan and I already lost my phone and I was so freaked out 😭😭😭
The Japanese take things to the next level but I must tell you the British are quite good at it too, I know the Lost and found in London and it works and I myself once lost a Card in the underground and a few days later was delivered to my door by the postman😍 that's remarkable.
I was at a trade show in Japan and had dropped my Suica card (It’s a train pass, but it also works like a prepaid credit card that you can use at various places such as convenient store. I had about $80 on the card). I thought it was gone because if this is in America, no one would take it to Lost and found as they could use it themselves. To my surprise, someone handed over to lost and found. I told them I had a sticker on the card and they found it and returned it to me. Everytime I lost something in Japan, it was always returned (I’m so clumsy and forgetful). I love the country and the culture.
I lost my mobile phone one drunk night in Tokyo and next morning when I complained to police I was asked to visit another police station and collect it. Japan is Awesome !!!
My Grandmother had these words for me on her death bed " what doesn't belong to you is not for you ". I am proud of the Tokyo system, but sad I can't say same for my country Ghana.
I can personally attest to the honest nature of people in Tokyo. I've somehow managed to lose my wallet three times (and on two of those occasions carrying a not inconsiderable amount of cash) and every time it has been returned to me with the contents undisturbed.
Fun Fact: During the Edo Era (17- late 19th century), when a child gets lost in Edo (pop. over a million), people took him/her to a famous temple where people are sent to find each other in such a situation.
I once left my wife at the public restroom, I forgot about it and left Japan, to my amazement when I landed in my country Japan had already shipped her to the Airport!!! thanks JAPAN! it never cease to amaze me me!
I’ve lost many things on the street and stuff but I always end up finding them thanks to kind people in my country. I hate my country most of the time but I really like that side of it.
On our trip to Japan summer 2019, my husband lost his wallet twice: once in Tokyo and another time in a small town on the way by bullet train to Kyoto. Each time the wallet had over $500 in cash, credit cards and other important items. Yup. Got it all back without incident. It was incredulous!
I remember when I was in Osaka, there was a small second hand store that sold only unclaimed items lost on the train. Lots of umbrellas, wallets and purses. But also other things. I regret not buying a charming wrist watch that had "University of Kyoto" etched on the back. The stories these items could tell if they could speak...
one of these comments just brought back a very old memory when I was VERY young, maybe in 2-3rd grade I remember my school bringing up a jacket that had been found and the jacket was mine, but it was in the auditorium were every child was in the mourning and I was too shy to say it was my item... thanks for reminding me of a childhood memory :)
I can vouch for this, I lost my phone at a shopping district in Osaka and it was turned in to a information booth . I had to return the favor when I found $300 bose speakers and turned it in to a lost and found booth .
I was in a hurry and left a jacket in the bus while travelling in Japan and realized it when I got to my room. I was pretty saddened but couldn't help but concluded it was forever lost because that's just how it is. The thought of even retrieving it back never crossed my mind
The title of this story might easily be switched to 'the HONEST and HONORABLE people & (Lost-Found) system of Japan'. What a wonderful country and people!
In San Francisco. People so nice also . I put my stuff in my car. And people probably thought I forgot them in the car so they smashed my car windows. And took all my belonging to the trash can nearby.
Holyyy crapp the lost & found in japan are really next level... i lost my hat ( that had sentimental value) during a trip in tokyo but could only collect it 3 days after due to my packed schedule. I really thought that it was gone till i went to one of the lost and found facilites they directed me to and i actually got it back lol.
Lost my smartphone in a busy Ginza street during my vacation. Reported to the L&F and got it back after a couple of days! I am Italian and this is one of the many, many things I love about Japanese people and culture. Bless you all !
I am Japanese. When my sister and I were very small, we found a 100 yen coin in the park. As we had been taught at school, we delivered it to Koban. We were not old enough to realize that nobody would go to Koban to look for a lost 100 yen coin, but the officer gently asked us to fill out the pick-up report.
He gave us 2 pencils that the police department name were printed, and said "You guys are very good girls" with smile. That made my sister and I so happy.
When we returned home, my mother was waiting for us smiling. She told us that she got a call from the police officer from the Koban about delivering a 100 yen coin. She said "You guys are very good girls". That made us so happy again.
Now, looking back then, I think that was his education for teaching children the importance of being honest. It has been 30 years since then, but it still remains in my heart as a precious childhood memory.
That's a cool story 👍👍
Thats why I love japan
God bless Japan and her people. I hope they can revive their birth rate cuz this world needs all the Japanese it can get
Wow.
Idk why I almost cry reading your story. It's a good story tho XD
Question: How Tokyo’s Massive Lost & Found Works
Answer: *Honesty*
process taken so long... it don't worth the working hour time...
Honesty, widely held morals and ethics and disciplined hardworking policemen and bureaucrats
And just a willingness to spend resources on this kind of thing.
A unified Japanese Culture and moral code.
by Gyze
Japans societal systems never ceases to amaze me
It's funny, because it has dark sides as much as light ones. And since its bright sides are really bright, the downsides are also really dark, like the thermal excursion in the desert. For a lot of reasons, even if it's arguably the world's """best""" country, you wouldn't ever live there
Japan is an amazing country from an outsider's perspective because it has many things that most of us, whether we live in North/South America or Europe, don't have.
Vending machines that have fresh food, a train system that nearly spans the whole country, gas stations that have full grocery stores inside them, this lost and found video, etc.
But like all countries it isn't without its own darkness.
All these things exist because of Japan's extreme problem of overworking its citizens, which has been a persisting issue for a very long time. This issue is so bad that it's actually FIXING their overpopulation issue by killing off the older work force.
But if you're just planning to visit (sometime after we are not banned from flying), then yeah it's a beautiful country.
@@BadKarma444
Compared to how they used to be (Edo era, pre/during WW2 era), their current condition wasn't bad. They have the strength and mentality to endure it.
Japan being overworking is true, but USA is worse
Usa the smell of disaster, Fresh gun fire and relaxing gangster street Beautiful coloured red of blood and hilarious comedy
Japan modern futuristic ,horny sperm & recycle weeb joke i quite not able to laugh or intended to understand what's so funny
Just a giant school
Meanwhile Western world teaches "finders keepers"
As an American I can confirm XD
No. I have lost my wallet twice in Switzerland and it was both times returned to me.
No, 3 times. And once was in a crowded pub during a local festival (a bit like st Patrick's, I guess? 🤔)
@@leonamay8776 you are great at loosing stuff 😂😂😂
Don't take it too seriously lol XD
@@rohanrao1611 no no, it is the truth. I often leave things / forget them. It is however much better nowadays than when I was little. I've luckily lived in Switzerland for most of my life and been very lucky with getting things returned.... 😅
Japan’s lost and found system is unlike any other. I was studying abroad there 2 years ago when my class took a field trip to a museum two towns over (this was in Kanagawa, which is just outside of Tokyo city limits). I realized I sat my phone down next to me on a concrete ledge but never thought to turn and pick it up as we all left the museum on a public bus. A side note, i have never ever lost my phone in public. We got back to the school, and I was panicking and shaking like crazy. My teacher, and a japanese student who was nice enough to help me translate as my Japanese still wasn’t very good at the time came with me to the nearest koban and took down our information. Not even 24 hours later, the student came and let me know that they mightve had my phone at a station 10 minutes away. Guess what, its was! They told me an older lady turned it in the night before and have been super appreciative of japanese society since.
A moment of silence for those thousands of forever unclaimed umbrellas. ⛱☂🌂☔️
That's an amazing name for a new anime: The Unclaimed Umbrella.
I'm already crying 😭
When I was in university, there is a higher chance to get back ur lost phone or even laptop rather than an umbrella especially during monsoon season which basically 3/4 of the whole school yr.
I once forgot my umbrella in a classroom and I tried for several days to find it with no luck... I know its a cheap item but I was kinda connected with it or something...😭
they should sell those at crowded places for like 100¥..
Umbrellas are pretty much the only thing that commonly gets stolen in Japan, although I'd say 50% of those are just drunk people taking the wrong one.
It works because society has good moral compass, without it all would be lost
...a decent economy is also a factor.
it works because of no diversity
Japan is proof that diversity is not a strength
@@Rickiye With respect, the Japanese economy is entering a recession.
Also their economy has never been the same since the "Lost Decade" (1990s)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decade_(Japan)
@Mr. 8-Bit Doggo "Moral compasses are likely universal and instinctive, not social." -- bullshit
Chicago, Detroit and Baltimore would prove you wrong
@@firstname4337 ok dude calm down a bit you can explain your point normally
tokyo’s lost and found: a good and reliable system to retrieve lost items
my school’s lost and found: hey does anyone want this?? eh never mind let’s throw it out
Or overtime when nobody really comes for it, they sell it. My teacher did with the vests (part of uniform) that never really gotten back
My school donates its lost and found items
My school doesn't even have a proper lost and found area ( ;; - ;; ) it's just a blimey transparent box underneath a table with no indication of its purpose, so the rate return would just be pure luck. AH ~ I'm still missing my precious pink swiss watch. R.I.P September 2019-2020
@@reib.2853 same
At my school it’s common just for people to go and take stuff from it. Sometimes I go and look what people lose and it’s weird. Once found a full on pare of jeans. They where they for months.
An uncle once while visiting Japan in the late 90's lost his camera that he bought at the airport when arriving, and a few days later the police delivered it at his hotel! I always thought that was a fable, until a few friends travel there and were amazed by the lost and found system.
Honest to god story: It's not just Toyko its the whole of Japan, related fact to the above quote "I think the reason there's a high rate of return in Japan is that the Japanese People have a custom of bringing lost items to the police" end quote. They are not kidding about this, the kids were not taught anything legit anything until a certain period in primary school, and the 1st half is just drilling basics of good conduct, manners discipline, and other types of morals into the children.
The second story read if you are interested: I lost a camera once in Japan when me and my family were traveling to the upper part of Japan, to visit one of Japan's Unesco Site villages called Shirakawa-go. We were traveling there by a bullet train early in the morning, and I fell asleep halfway through our journey, and halfway through that journey, I placed my camera bag at the bottom of my seat that contained my camera to sleep better and walked out of the train without realizing it. Then fasting forward to when I was walking to the hotel with my parents and suddenly I realized that it wasn't there.
So we rushed back to the station and talked to the station master, and the next thing I knew, it was there luckily I stopped at a significant stop and trainmaster had swept through the train before it departed. Man, I was lucky to be in Japan.
Note: Correct if I am wrong as I am not good with the terminology for workers working with trains.
Lovely story. And Shirakawa-go is such a cool place. Went there a few years ago and loved it. 😃
This is so true.. a few years back my mom left her bag in a rest room with all her travel documents and money. This was in a train station as we are going to Haneda Airport. so worried we got back to that train station and went to the lost and found. Got her bag without a scratch, the people in charge just ask her on how much money she thinks she has on her bag, I think to verify if it’s really hers. Thank you Tokyo!
In my country, Once you lost the item, You will never found it again.
What country?
Edit: Nevermind. I see it is India.
Like most country basically
Stijn Heinrich idk if I’m getting r/woooosh-ed so if so don’t @ me but if not it’s French
@@jippy1075 I looked at the about page of S.
Stijn Heinrich there play list was like a bunch of French
I once lost my glasses in the restroom at my university in Peru, it was literally only 2 seconds I left and came to see my glasses gone, like who the heck needs my prescription glasses
Were they given to a desk at the university?
@@priscillajimenez27 I asked that day and the day after, but nothing. I also lost 2 cellphones I carelessly left under the classroom desk, but that's normal since its valuable
@@brayanlopez2015 In the UK where I live, I actually have left my phone on my desk quite a few times and nobody has taken it. One time I left a pocket comb outside and it got stolen though (it was a really old comb that I forgot about in my bag and I took it out, one day somebody stole it while I was using a printer).
same, i lost my glasses 30 second in toilet as well....in jakarta
" Honesty is the best policy."
Theorem proved by Tokyo.
"*Be honest even if others are not*"
"*Be honest even if others will not*"
"*Be honeat even if others cannot*"
Steven Kyle Billones *h o n e a t*
I bet I can report my lost Dad and then they can find him
@@Amineotto racist much dang
dds na bugok
@@priscillajimenez27 it's more political than racist. If you're from the Philippines you would've realized that the yellow ribbon on the profile picture of first commenter is the symbol of a particular political party in the Philippines.
@@sorestedhebytheTumtumtree What the hell are you talking about? i think both you are mistaken lol
@@priscillajimenez27 dark=racist? I'm afraid you are the racist here
Japan: **has a system that depends on people's honesty**
Other countries: **tries to copy it**
Also other countries: Why it doesn't work???
Japan: That's where you're wrong kiddo.
underrated lol
This channel grew so much I remember watching it’s stories back when it was at 30-50k. Well deserved growth
This was a cool watch. Cool topic and snappy editing :D
Americans be like: Ight imma take this iPhone real quick back home
when owner calls I'll be like hey stop calling my new iPhone.
Why do you have to say Americans? Almost everyone in every country would do the same.
@@Ricardo-gf7ts agreed, its not a good idea to paint an entire nation like this -, -
@@Ricardo-gf7ts exactly people compare everything to America
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I remember loosing my phone on my first day in Tokyo, I panicked, ran up and down the street, but after a few minutes I remembered that I was in Japan and just went to the nearest police box.
It was a lot of fun, since the two young policemen were giggling at my frantic explanation and just said “Are you Michelle” (and I panicked like, why does the police know my name- what did I do?) and proceeded to tell me my name was written on a small note, from my friend, on the back of my phone!
Very fun to look back at
Last time i lost something in Brazil, i lost something
i lost my wallet that i was holding to pay for food dude next had the same kind of wallet weird
I lost mine in a school bathroom and never saw it again. I mean, I lost it at SCHOOL! With a bunch of 11 year olds. Why are they even stealing at that age? 🤦🏽♀️ and lemme tell you something: most of those kids had wealthy parents. They did not need my lunch money!
Flaviany Ferreira let me guess you live in the us as well?
Anthony Molina no, I’m from Brazil. I guess that behavior is for all Americans, north and south! sadly...
I’ve actually lost my phone on the train the night before my flight back to my home country and was quite worried that I won’t be able to get it (I keep my ID in my phone case) so I was so frantic when I realized I’ve lost it especially since the day before me and my family went to SO MANY place but when I asked the dude he immediately new what phone I was talking about and I was quite shocked since it was being kept in 4 stations away from the station I was in but they were able to give it to me in less than 30 mins when if I lost my phone on my home country they would tell me to come back the next day but in Japan I got it in less than 30 mins so I applaud the people who found it and kept it until I took it cause without your help I wouldn’t be able to go to the plane (the iD was a residence ID so without it I can’t stay in my country for more than 2 months of course I could apply for a new one but that would be so long and expensive so thank you to the unsung heroes)😘❤️😂
hell if you didnt show up to ask they prolly woulda came to hotel with a nice cup of coffee LOL!
Where I live if you lost something, it’s lost, permanently
Where are u from though?
In America: You find the wallet
In Japan: *Wallet finds you*
This is so respectful and impressive. Japan is amazing in every way❤️.
The best thing she said is, the reason Japan has such a high return rate, is because they have that custom of returning back the lost things, as they've been taught since the childhood.
This is beautiful and a lesson to be learnt. 🙏
In japan, people bring founded items to the nearest police box.
In my country, people bring founded items to their home (as soon as possible).
Same here in india 🤣🤣
A Scientists develops a robot with super AI that can catch thieves instantly.
The robot was placed in Tokyo. No thieves were caught.
The robot was placed in America. 3 thieves were caught.
The robot was placed in China. 6 thieves were caught.
The robot was placed in the Philippines. The robot was stolen.
i think there is a lot more thives to n America then China
HAH! That was funny! And I'm Filipino!
Aye kababayan
The robot was placed in France. The engineer was stolen.
Omg...this is amazing!!! Here in México you get robbed on the bus, subway,etc. I put wire around my house,security cameras, i have a fierce dog to protect my property. The thought of recovering an object...unbelievable...Good for you Tokio.
I lost my passport on the metro when I was visiting Tokyo. I realised a few hours later and within 30 mins I was able to locate it and go and pick it up. Amazed and grateful at the efficiency and honesty of the Japanese.
I remember accidentally leaving my iPhone 5s at a public restroom in Meiji Shrine. During that time, iPhone 5s was one of the newly released phones. I had almost no hope of it being returned to be but when I came back later in the day, the janitor had it kept in their lost and found cabinet. Made me fall in love with Japan and its people.
Japan in its entirety is in a whole other world. I forgot a camera tripod in the last bus of the day, in the middle of the mountains in Shikoku.
When I noticed it, I already was in Tokyo, more or less 700km apart. The tripod arrived in a really nice package and in perfect conditions in a matter of 2 or 3 days.
Not only in tokyo, but pretty much the entirety of Japan is amazing when it comes to lost items. When I lived there, people would always do their best to return stuff. My mom left her wallet in a super market once with around $200 worth in yen, and some guy ran to give it back to us. This other time, my mom left her phone in a restroom and it was still there 3 hours later.
Lost my wallet in Tokyo about 2 years ago on a summer holiday trip. Made a report at a local koban. Two days later I went to the police station to check if my wallet was found. Here I am today with the same wallet. Tokyo is nuts
My Grandmother Annie’s most treasured lesson to me: She said, “Always tell the truth, and you never have to remember what you said.”
Sooo... civilized. This couldn’t happen in the USA. There’s waaay too many assholes. 💯😔
Also- I’m a Philly uber driver and the most common thing left in my car are umbrellas. (And, of course garbage that people love to jam into my rear cup holders).
A relative lived and worked in Tokyo for many years. During one visit, we stopped at a 7-11 and left the umbrella outside while we shopped. After we finished, we were 3-4 blocks away and a man had run after us to deliver the umbrella we had forgotten. The honesty and kindness of that person (and that culture) gave me a lump in my throat, and made me want to pay it forward for the rest of my life.
I ended up going to Japan last summer and on my way to the airport to fly back home, I had left a small backpack up on the top storage rail/shelf. With an hour to go until my flight and about 30 minutes of charades, translators , and the most imaginable amount of stress, with the help center in the train station, the backpack was sent on a different train back and I ended up making my flight with time to spare >.< Thank god I was in Tokyo and not New York or something
Imagine a guy who is actually watching this video and spots an item which he lost in Japan when he visited Tokyo....
Forgot my phone on a train in Japan, got it back when I went back to the station. Love the country can't wait to go back
Let's preserve Japanese society. They are amazing.
the only country where HONESTY,RESPECT,POLITNESS, is valuable and well rewarded
I once left my phone in Nara Park, near Wakakusayama. At first I did not realise I lost my phone, I was already about a few meters away from Nara Station when I heard a Japanese girl running and shouting behind me. She was waving my phone while trying to call me. I was so grateful because I really did not realise that I left my phone in the park. I thanked her but she just rushed back to wherever.
It was amazing. It was a long way from Wakakusayama to Nara Station and I couldn't believe she ran all that way to give me back my phone. Thank you Japanese girl from Nara.
I'm lucky I knew where I left my phone when I lost it in Akiba. My friend and I where browsing Animate and I must have put it down on one of the 10 or so floors we visited. I was separated from it for only thirty minutes and the store had already filed in in their lost and found. It's good that my phone has a very recognizable Kirby popsocet. Even though me and the employees couldn't talk, they were able to say Kirby and I blurted out a very excited YES!
I was panicking and desperate because this is the first phone I got myself and its brand new and powerful. My friend kept reassuring me since we are in Japan and I really should have chilled out and listened to him 😅
This might not be an amazingly heart touching story but it's something that i won't forget about japan. I was on vacation in tokyo for a week and while walking on a bridge that connected 2 malls I dropped one of my gloves. I didn't notice because I had my headphones in and I didn't feel anything fall. A lady ran up to me and tapped my shoulder and pointed to my fallen glove. I thanked her and grabbed my glove from the floor and she went back to her boyfriend. Thanks lady 😊
The dedication of these people just to get there stuff back is so wholesome
I once forgot my backpack with laptop and passport on the train and only realised this after I walked out of the station. I rushed back full of anxiety and they literally stopped the train a few stations ahead just to locate the backpack. I had it back within half an hour, just needed to pick it up at the station where it was intercepted.
Japanese people are extra in the best ways.
They have high moral values .
Discipline - Their train timings n if late driver himself apologize to everyone one..
Cleanliness n Hygiene - They cleaned the stadium 2018 FIFA world cup after losing the game.
Moral n ethics -This is the great example..
Respect for Japan...
A friend of mine had an experience to confirm this. We are both Americans. He was riding on a train in a large city in Japan (not Tokyo) and forgot his very expensive camera on his seat. He thought it was gone forever (it probably would have been if he was in the U.S.). However, someone had found it and left it with the staff at the train station. Long story short: He not only received his camera back, but it was delivered to him by staff. Amazing. Proof of what humans can be.
The world can learn a lot of things from Japan's society.
Visited Japan in 2017. Left a dslr camera on top of a train card loading machine. Realized after 30 minutes or an hr. Sprinted back to look for it. Not there anymore. Sweat was hot and cold and in buckets. Went to lost and found, not there. World started spinning. Was directed to another lost and found. It was there. Thanked all the people in Japan. It truly is amazing.
For real. My friend lost his phone on a ride at Tokyo Disneyland. We were panicking because it was a school trip and we were so worried he'd get in trouble with our teacher. We calmed down and he asked a crew for help and he got it back within minutes. Problem solved.
"So, what makes Japan's lost and found system so successful?" Japanese folks actually bring stuff to the lost and found instead of keeping it.
In my school, we have a system called find and keep
In my country: the return rate for Lost wallets is probably 2%.
But
can I find Zuko's honor here? Perhaps.
You mean, can you find the Avatar here?
That's rough, buddy
I really appreciate that how Japanese people deliver missing things to the police office or like station office. When I lost my commutation ticket the day I bought it, I cried. Then next day someone found and taken it to the station office and I had a phone call from station office that my commutation ticket is found.
There's another massive lost & found system in Tokyo other than police, which is train stations. When you lost an item in a train, they'll ask which train you took, which platform you use, which stairs you took, if the item was put on a shelf, etc. Then they'll search ALL the possible trains, or connected trains, or its destinations! It is one amazing logistics that's like magic.
Just when I thought I couldn't possibly love Tokyo more than I already did.. THIS story come around...
I went to lawson before I went to a soba place, 1 hour later I realized that my phone was not in my bag, so I came back to lawson because that's the only place I went to before the soba place, I can't speak japanese at all, the workers didn't understand english really well but I could see that they tried their best to understand me 😂 Thanks God the workers understood my problem, asked some questions like what brand the phone is, the color, the lockscreen wallpaper, what time I went there, then they handed my phone and smile to me, I cried instantly because that was only my very first day in japan and I already lost my phone and I was so freaked out 😭😭😭
Omg this is the most amazing thing. I lost something in Hiroshima and they mailed it back to me in Osaka.
The Japanese now proved themselves to be the most honest people on this Earth.
The Japanese take things to the next level but I must tell you the British are quite good at it too, I know the Lost and found in London and it works and I myself once lost a Card in the underground and a few days later was delivered to my door by the postman😍 that's remarkable.
I'd like to report a crime. Yuga Umezawa has stolen my heart! What a doll! 😍😍😍
I was at a trade show in Japan and had dropped my Suica card (It’s a train pass, but it also works like a prepaid credit card that you can use at various places such as convenient store. I had about $80 on the card). I thought it was gone because if this is in America, no one would take it to Lost and found as they could use it themselves.
To my surprise, someone handed over to lost and found. I told them I had a sticker on the card and they found it and returned it to me. Everytime I lost something in Japan, it was always returned (I’m so clumsy and forgetful). I love the country and the culture.
I lost my mobile phone one drunk night in Tokyo and next morning when I complained to police I was asked to visit another police station and collect it.
Japan is Awesome !!!
If you had been in Italy, your Mobile would have been steal by Police!!! ..... www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53510221
My Grandmother had these words for me on her death bed
" what doesn't belong to you is not for you ".
I am proud of the Tokyo system, but sad I can't say same for my country Ghana.
I can personally attest to the honest nature of people in Tokyo. I've somehow managed to lose my wallet three times (and on two of those occasions carrying a not inconsiderable amount of cash) and every time it has been returned to me with the contents undisturbed.
This is why i wanna live on japan because they have manners and many cultural with great people
The more I know about Japan the more I fall in love with Japan❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Luv U Japan so so muchhhhhh😭😭😭😭😭
Japan isnt perfect but stuff like this makes me happy
in Kenya, we collect the 'misplaced' item and thank god for the free gift and go home
We are one people😂
Fun Fact: During the Edo Era (17- late 19th century), when a child gets lost in Edo (pop. over a million), people took him/her to a famous temple where people are sent to find each other in such a situation.
I've lost my anime bodypillow, I hope it's there
Good luck!!!
They were forced for public health reasons to destroy it by burning it with fire.
I once left my wife at the public restroom, I forgot about it and left Japan, to my amazement when I landed in my country Japan had already shipped her to the Airport!!! thanks JAPAN! it never cease to amaze me me!
Last summer I was in Japan with my family. I lost my iPhone at the train station 🚉 and sure enough they had at the station.
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I've been in Japan before and its really a surprising country in every aspect,,, genki desu!!!!
I’ve lost many things on the street and stuff but I always end up finding them thanks to kind people in my country. I hate my country most of the time but I really like that side of it.
On our trip to Japan summer 2019, my husband lost his wallet twice: once in Tokyo and another time in a small town on the way by bullet train to Kyoto. Each time the wallet had over $500 in cash, credit cards and other important items. Yup. Got it all back without incident. It was incredulous!
What a wonderful way of maintaining sensibility in a society
Japan when they found lost item: went to the nearest police station and hand it over.
The rest of the world: "It's my lucky day!"
1st world problem, nah just pure honesty and sincerity
this only works because its Japan.
I lost an expensive battery pack on the Shinkansen and to my surprise, they had it waiting for me at the station next day.
Finally time to use one of 5 Japanese words I learned from anime: "Sugoi"
I remember when I was in Osaka, there was a small second hand store that sold only unclaimed items lost on the train. Lots of umbrellas, wallets and purses. But also other things. I regret not buying a charming wrist watch that had "University of Kyoto" etched on the back. The stories these items could tell if they could speak...
Not to be a weeb, but Japan makes me proud to be a human being.
one of these comments just brought back a very old memory when I was VERY young, maybe in 2-3rd grade I remember my school bringing up a jacket that had been found and the jacket was mine, but it was in the auditorium were every child was in the mourning and I was too shy to say it was my item... thanks for reminding me of a childhood memory :)
i went to Tokyo and i lost my mind, still can’t find it
This video pretty much sums up that Japan is always on top at almost everything
Only in Japan, if it was anywhere else u will never find it again. EVER !!
I can vouch for this, I lost my phone at a shopping district in Osaka and it was turned in to a information booth . I had to return the favor when I found $300 bose speakers and turned it in to a lost and found booth .
Note: This only works if you're japanese or a good person
I was in a hurry and left a jacket in the bus while travelling in Japan and realized it when I got to my room. I was pretty saddened but couldn't help but concluded it was forever lost because that's just how it is. The thought of even retrieving it back never crossed my mind
This reminds me of the police station in animal crossing for the GameCube.
They have a lost and found area.
Which my friends and I called the free store
The title of this story might easily be switched to 'the HONEST and HONORABLE people & (Lost-Found) system of Japan'.
What a wonderful country and people!
In San Francisco. People so nice also . I put my stuff in my car.
And people probably thought I forgot them in the car so they smashed my car windows.
And took all my belonging to the trash can nearby.
Holyyy crapp the lost & found in japan are really next level... i lost my hat ( that had sentimental value) during a trip in tokyo but could only collect it 3 days after due to my packed schedule. I really thought that it was gone till i went to one of the lost and found facilites they directed me to and i actually got it back lol.
Why didn't I know about this place earlier.. I could've found my hat that I left on a bus from the airport..
Lost my smartphone in a busy Ginza street during my vacation. Reported to the L&F and got it back after a couple of days! I am Italian and this is one of the many, many things I love about Japanese people and culture. Bless you all !