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With no clear answers, it\u2019s up to the wallet\u2019s owner to choose what he wants to believe about the person who had it<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n About a week ago, our Japanese-language reporter P.K. Sanjun<\/strong> was sitting at home when his phone rang at about 10 p.m. Surprised that someone would be calling instead of texting at that time, and not recognizing the number of the caller, he answered the call and tentatively said hello.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is Detective A from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Z Precinct,\u201d<\/strong> said the voice on the other end of the call (we\u2019ve redacted the specific names for the sake of privacy). \u201cWe found your wallet.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n P.K. did indeed lose his wallet, but that was all the way back in mid-September. What\u2019s more, since he usually keeps his wallet in his bag and uses his phone for so many of his payments, when he finally did reach for his wallet and discovered it was gone, a whole three days had passed since he last remembered seeing it. So even though he filed a missing property report with the police, he didn\u2019t really expect to actually get it back. He wasn\u2019t happy about losing the 20,000 yen (US$130) he\u2019d had inside, but he\u2019d managed to cancel his credit and ATM cards without anyone making unauthorized use of them. Getting his driver\u2019s license and other forms of ID reissued had been more of a hassle, but he\u2019d finally gotten everything sorted out, and by the time he got this phone call, he\u2019d practically forgotten all about having lost his wallet.<\/p>\n \u25bc P.K. doesn\u2019t have time to mope about losing his wallet when there\u2019s rare Japanese-grown coffee to taste<\/a>, among other things on his schedule.<\/p>\n Between how much time had passed since the incident and the hour of night at which the call came in, P.K. thought this might be a scam. \u201cHow can I know you really are who you say you are?\u201d<\/strong> he asked. Detective A advised P.K. to take a look at the official website for the precinct he said he was calling from, where there\u2019s a listed contact phone number, and to call it and ask to speak with Detective A. P.K. did that, and sure enough, the operator connected him to the same person, proving that Detective A was a legit law enforcement member.<\/p>\n With that settled, P.K. and the detective could discuss getting his wallet back to him. The detective asked P.K. to confirm his address and other particulars, and P.K. had a question for him too, asking where the police had found his wallet. \u201cWe found it at a private residence within our jurisdiction,\u201d<\/strong> Detective A informed him. \u201cWe actually had an emergency call from another party saying that they\u2019d been unable to get in contact with the resident and were worried about them. When we entered the home, we found your wallet, and also that the resident had passed away<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n P.K. was startled by this unexpected information, but the conversation didn\u2019t go on much longer, as Detective A said that the precinct would be in touch again soon to determine a date for P.K. to come pick up his wallet. Three days later, he got another call, this time from a Detective B who confirmed, one by one, the contents of the wallet when it was found, and it turned out that each and every one of P.K.\u2019s cards had been recovered. \u201cI\u2019m sorry to inform you that the cash was gone,\u201d said Detective B. \u201cI believe Detective A has already mentioned it, but the resident of the home where we found your wallet is deceased. So, will you be pressing charges?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n It took P.K. a moment to process that the detective was asking the question in earnest, and was waiting for his response. \u201cWait, you can file charges against someone after they\u2019re dead?\u201d<\/strong>, he asked in return. \u201cYes. The process is sort of involved, but it is possible,\u201d Detective B explained.<\/p>\n Possible or not, P.K. had no intent of trying to get cash from a dead man. Actually, he was concerned about what had happened to him. \u201cBy the way, was this a suicide, or do you think there was some sort of foul play?\u201d<\/strong> he asked, but all Detective B could tell him was \u201cThat\u2019s part of an ongoing investigation.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n P.K. made an appointment to come to the police station and pick up his wallet two days from then, and after he checked in at the front desk, he was ushered into an interview room by a Detective C. Sitting on the desk waiting for him was his wallet, and after they confirmed its contents, yet another detective, Detective D, came in carrying a thick folder. \u201cThe deceased resident of the home where we found your wallet was a Sri Lankan national,\u201d said Detective D as he opened up the folder to a page with a photocopy of a foreign resident ID card. \u201cDo you remember having seen or met this person before?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n P.K. looked at the photo on the card, which showed a man with long hair and glasses who appeared to be about 30 years old. P.K. had never seen him before in his life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cI see,\u201d said Detective D when P.K. told him, and he then closed up the folder and left the room.<\/p>\n As Detective C was wrapping up the paperwork, P.K. took the opportunity to ask a few more questions, starting with \u201cDid you find any other missing wallets in the residence?\u201d<\/strong> \u201cNo, just yours.\u201d<\/strong> the detective answered. \u201c<\/strong>It was sitting inside the entryway.\u201d He then made an observation that made P.K. feel hollow in a way far beyond the simple 20,000 yen he\u2019d lost.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we\u2019d found your wallet, say, hidden inside the deceased\u2019s bag, then we\u2019d definitely suspect him of having stolen it. But having it just sitting in the entryway like that, it\u2019s possible that he was planning to return it to you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n P.K. also asked again if they\u2019d figured out what had happened to the guy, but was told that the cause of death was currently undetermined.<\/p>\n As he left the building with his wallet back in his bag, P.K. struggled to sort out his emotions. Yes, his wallet had been missing, but he hadn\u2019t been mugged. It\u2019s possible that someone stole it out of his bag, but it\u2019s also possible that he accidentally dropped it or left it somewhere while he was out. And yes, when the police had found it the cash that was inside was gone, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the Sri Lankan man had taken it. It\u2019s possible that he\u2019d found P.K.\u2019s wallet after someone else had pocketed the cash, but figured that the rightful owner would still want the wallet itself and cards it contained back, but hadn\u2019t been able to start the process of returning it before his life ended.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unlikely that P.K. will ever conclusively know how or why his wallet ended up in the Sri Lankan man\u2019s home, and precisely because he\u2019ll never know, he has to decide for himself what to believe<\/strong>. He\u2019s choosing to have faith and believe that the man was trying to do the right thing and return his wallet, and so while he\u2019ll never have the chance to tell him in-person, P.K. wants to say thank you, and hopes that he\u2019s resting in peace.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know is in Japan and having suicidal thoughts, there are people here to help. Click here<\/a> for more info.<\/em> With no clear answers, it\u2019s up to the wallet\u2019s owner to choose what he wants to believe about the person who had it. 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