In this tough economic times, Japanese folks are still so rich that they have to throw away some of their money – Over 1 million yen in 10,000-yen notes were found Wednesday at a garbage processing facility in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Investigators said a 29-year-old worker at waste transportation and disposal company Suzuken, in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, found between about 50 and 100 of the 10,000-yen notes in garbage that was being processed at the company, and phoned police.

All of the notes that were discovered were 10,000-yen notes, and including those that were torn, there were more than 100 in total.

Police are continuing to search for the owner of the cash.

Source: Mainichi Japan

I’m pretty sure the police folks are not giving their 100% to search for the owner. Instead, the local police station is waiting for the claim period to expire and then go out to buy a new karaoke set for their officers.