[smoyer]

Interesting ... I came here to highlight the quote from the affected city:

> The company explained that the employee had drinks after work and later fell asleep on the street, but when he woke up he realized that he had lost the bag containing the USB.

My premise was going to be that perhaps this isn't the company you'd trust with the residents' subsidies but clearly I misunderstand the cultural aspect to this story. The other thing I didn't get is that the employee who "lost" the bag filed a police report for theft. If you're passed-out-drunk, how would you even know it was a theft?

[amichal]

There is something like a 90% return rate on lost wallets in Japan. Failure to attempt to return a lost item of value is an actual crime... so if the bag was not sitting on the street next to him when he woke up and not returned by a kind soul it was by Japanese definition stolen

Edit: An eye opening video on how well this works https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/9999897/

[Aeolun]

> If you're passed-out-drunk, how would you even know it was a theft?

Fall asleep thinking you are carrying bag. Wake up when slightly less drunk. No find bag. Freak out. Rush to report bag as stolen.

Later go back the all the bars in town (forgot where you went), and find the one where you left your bag behind.