Japanese Taxi Alerts Passengers in Danger of Losing a Phone or Wallet

Japan’s service sector is famous for its extreme detail when it comes to serving customers, and the country itself is so safe that it’s not uncommon to hear of a person losing their wallet and having it returned days later with all the cash intact

Nevertheless, lost items left behind by careless passengers have become so common in Tokyo that one taxi company has decided to address the problem with a technological solution.

Kokusai Motorcars has teamed up with local tech consultancy Ideacross to develop a system that alerts the driver when a passenger has left an item behind. According to a report in Japan’s Nikkei, the system consists of four cameras; one under the driver’s seat, one under the front passenger seat, one on the ceiling and one in the car’s trunk. Read more...