1,000 10,000-yen bills in cooking pot found in garbage depot

1,000 10,000-yen bills in cooking pot found in garbage depot

OSAKA, Japan - One thousand 10,000-yen bills that were stashed inside a metal pot and found in a garbage depot in Osaka are displayed at the Takatsuki Police Station in Osaka Prefecture on April 4. Police say the money was found by a garbage collector while sorting garbage in the city of Takatsuki on March 25. Under Japanese law, the money will go to the person who found it if no owner shows up in three months.

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