宮城縣有超過一萬件災後失物待領

Recently the Asahi News reported the following:
東日本大震災が起きた３月１１日～５月３１日に、宮城県内の被災地で回収された拾得物が約１万９８００個にのぼり、現金は総額で約１２億４６００万円になったことが１０日、宮城県警のまとめで分かった。
　県警会計課によると、津波の影響で、沿岸部を中心に金庫や現金、金の延べ棒、アルバム、自転車などが届けられた。紙幣だけを持ってきた例もある。
　持ち主に返還したのは約４９００個。残りは所有者が不明だったり、所有者が分かっても連絡が取れなかったりしており、現金は約３億円が返還できていない。県警は当面保管するという。
(試譯文)
On the 10th it was understood from the Miyagi prefecture police that during the period between 11th March when the East Japan great earthquake occurred and up to May 31, the items found and collected from the stricken area in the Miyagi prefecture had arisen to about 19,800 pieces, and there was cash worth about 1 billion 246 million yen in total. According to the prefecture police's Office of Accounting, the safe with cash, the ingot of gold, the album, and the bicycle, etc. were delivered from around the coast because of the tsunami. There was an example of bringing in only the bank note, too. There were about 4,900 items that had been returned to the owner. The remaining items could not be returned because the owner could not be confirmed, or because it was not possible to make contact even if the owner was known; cash of about 300 million yen could not be returned. Prefecture police said that they would keep it for the moment.

Probably some of the owners of these items had met their fate in the tsunami. Individually, each item could have a sad story to tell.