A construction worker and a land owner in Aichi, Japan will get to keep the plastic case containing the yen equivalent of $435,418 that they found in an empty lot, the Asahi Shimbun said on Wednesday.
According to the newspaper, police said the ownership of the 50 bundles of 100 10,000-yen bills was transferred to the 48-year-old worker and the landowner on Sunday because no one claimed the money. The two, who were not identified, will equally divide the money, the police said.
Under a local law, the police get to keep lost and found goods or money that is not claimed by its owners after six months and 14 days from discovery.
The construction worker found the money in March 10 while clearing the vacant land with an excavator. The money was turned over to the police, who received inquiries about the find, but no claimants.


















