Lost your umbrella, keys, or perhaps a stuffed Cookie Monster? In Tokyo, the police are almost certainly taking meticulous care of it. In Japan, lost items are rarely disconnected from their owners for long, even in a mega city like Tokyo -- population 14 million. "Foreign visitors are often surprised to get their things back," said Hiroshi Fujii, a 67-year-old tour guide at Tokyo's vast police lost-and-found centre. "But in Japan, there's always an expectation that we will." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES