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Rights of the finder
By reporting the found property, you are entitled to the following rights.
However, if you fail to report the found property to the police or police box within 7 days, or in the case of finding the lost property at a facility with a manager within 24 hours, you will not be entitled to such rights.

(1) Right to claim a reward
When the owner is found, you are entitled to receive a reward between 5% and 20% of the value of the found property.
when the property is found at a particular place, the reward is between 2.5% and 10% of the value

(2)Right to acquire ownership of the found property if the owner is not found within 3 months
When the police does not notify you of returning the property to the owner within 3 months, you are entitled the ownership.
If the police does not notify you of returning the items to the owner, you are entitled ownership, so notify the police and pick up the property within the period indicated on the Receipt of Found Property.
The period for pick-up is 2 months. After this period, ownership will be transferred to the prefecture.
(You may not acquire ownership of prohibited items and articles containing personal information such as credit cards, IDs, and cell phones.)

(3)Right to claim the cost required to report and retain the found property.
A fee may be billed to the owner of the lost property after said property has been returned. This shall include any expenses pertaining to the storage (treatment and feed expenses of an animal, etc.) and/or shipment of the property back to the owner. In addition, if the person who has recovered a lost property claims the said property, they may need to bear the expenses pertaining to the storage (at the police side) of the property.

○ Regarding the rights indicated from (1) through (3), any can be claimed or be relinquished.
○ In order to exercise the right to request the reward indicated in (1) and/or the expense in (3), the name and address of the person who recovered the lost property shall be notified to the owner.
○ Please confirm with the owner of the lost property regarding the reward indicated in (1) and/or the expense in (3).
○ The reward indicated in (1) and/or the expense in (3) cannot be requested after 1 month has passed after the lost property has been returned to the owner.