Not So Current Affairs -- Safes Found In Tsunami Stricken Areas (2011-08-04)
(This piece of news is rather old but I just haven't got around to putting the pictures together) The government has formed a special group called
"Lost-and-found Return Team" (Yeah, I made up this translated name)
Team members gather safes found in the rubble left by the tsunami
and carefully open them
Bills in them are usually tatty and dirty
This stack is particularly muddy
Workers painstakingly clean and iron each bill!
They have found over US$16 million cash
After verifying identification, the owners get the safe content back
If they are unable to go get it themselves, the workers will deliver the content in person
This old couple received their safe content delivered
but they were also admonished for keeping about US$2 million cash in it!
In Fukushima Prefecture alone, the found cash was US 12 million
Top numbers=amount found, bottom numbers=amount returned
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