(UPDATE) TOKYO — 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 megacity like Tokyo, which has a population of 14 million.

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