１　When the property is found

• -When you find lost property, promptly return it to the person who lost it or report it to any police station or police box.
• -When the property is found at a particular place, Report the found property to the manager.
  If you fail to report the found property to the manager within 24 hours, you will forfeit your rights as finder.
• -You will be given a copy of the "The Receipt of Found Property" which is filed at the police. It indicates the period during which you are entitled to the ownership in case the property cannot be returned to the owner.
  Please keep this receipt as it will be required to receive the found property after you acquire its ownership.
• - If you are a resident outside of Japan and want to claim the lost belonging, please provide a valid Email address or phone number that the police can use to contact you after you depart for home.
  If there is a person in Japan who can receive the property or contact the police on your behalf, please provide his/her contact information.

２　Process after the found property is reported

• - The found property will be retained at the police station for 3 months from the day the property is reported to the police. During this period, the police will post notices as well as make inquiries to the relevant entities and business operators so that the owner of the lost property will know his/her property has been recovered.
  Items such as umbrellas or clothing may either be sold or disposed of if the owner is not found within 2 weeks from the day of posting notices.
• - When the owner is found, The police return the property to the owner. You will be notified by the police when the property is returned to the owner.
• - When the owner waives the ownership of the property, you will be entitled to it.
• - If the owner is not found within 3 months, you may acquire ownership of the property.
• - A lost property will be returned via shipment, only after receiving a notice of request for the return of the lost property by the owner and verification of the identity. Shipping fees pertaining to the return of a lost property will be at your own expense.
• - If the property is not collected by either the owner or the finder, ownership will be transferred to the prefecture, which will sell or dispose of the property.

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.

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

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.）

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.