Mysterious money has been falling from the sky and appearing in mailboxes in Japan.
Bills worth about 960,000 yen (NT$260,000) "fell" in front of a convenience store on July 25. People were worried about the falling money and called the police.
"We can just say the money came from the skies," a policeman said.
On the same day a woman in Kobe found an envelope with one million yen (NT$277,168) in her mailbox.
In addition, envelopes full of cash have been found in dozens of men's restrooms since June.
The bathroom money has come with letters asking people to do good deeds.
Police admit they have no idea who is leaving the money. No one can say if more people have collected money and not told the police.
Police are holding most of the reported money in case the rightful owner or owners decide to claim it.
神祕現金在日本從天而降並且出現在居民的信箱。
七月二十五日，面值約日幣九十六萬元（新台幣二十六萬元）散落在一間便利商店前。人們擔心現金來路不明，而打電話報警。
警方表示：「我們只能說這些現金是從天而降。」
同日，住在神戶的一名女性也在自家信箱內發現一個神秘信封，裡面裝有日幣一百萬元（約合新台幣二十七萬七千一百六十八元)。
無獨有偶，從六月以來，在數個男性公廁內也發現這類內裝現金的信封。
隨著這些廁所發現的鈔票，都附有一封信件寫道：請用這些錢行善。
警方承認不知道到底是誰放置現鈔。沒有人可以說是否有人把來路不明的錢據為己有而沒有報警。
警方目前保管大部分的報案的現金，以防萬一失主來招領。
（翻譯：林亞蒂）
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