Do the Japanese still pick up Yens off the street, and do they save them since they are on the chopping block since taxes have been rounded to 5 and 10% ?
I think they pick up everything off the street.. My son went to Japan and he said the streets were very clean with almost no trash anywhere.
Though it's been a few years since I've been there, I would totally agree with this! The streets and sidewalks are kept very tidy. A yen and anything else would be picked up by the end of the day. Please note #3, and #8 particularly. https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/8-reasons-japan-is-so-clean My first tour there both hubs and I were active duty. We had a small army of ladies who managed our home and did childcare around our odd schedules. They took care of our street maintenance duties as well. (And made sure my oldest was enrolled properly in a local kindergarden etc). My second tour hubs was retired and he would be out there doing the sweeping and tidying too. He was considered an absolute marvel by the neighbors so we were told. In any case no one yen coins (or other detritus) would have remained. Any substantial money would have resulted in an attempt to find its owner. I am certain of this as twice our door was knocked upon--once to see if something in the street was ours (it was not and was subsequently set upright and out of the way so the owner could find it) and once to let us know the light was on in our car (door was ajar). The consideration for others is amazing.
