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Civic honesty around the globe

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209 points ojosilva | 1 comments | 20 Jun 19 19:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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oska ◴[20 Jun 19 20:36 UTC] No.20237085[source]▶
A bit odd that they didn't include Japan in their set of countries. My expectation is that it would have probably topped the list.
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davetannenbaum ◴[20 Jun 19 20:47 UTC] No.20237185[source]▶
We originally planned to include Japan but after some initial pilot testing we realized that the country was unsuitable for methodological reasons. Japan has a lot of small “police booths” where people can return lost objects. During our pilot tests, we found that Japanese citizens would not contact the owner but instead drop them off at a nearby police booth. This feature made it virtually impossible for us to assign individual wallets to particular drop-off locations.
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scythe ◴[20 Jun 19 20:52 UTC] No.20237247[source]▶
>Japan has a lot of small “police booths” where people can return lost objects.

I like this idea.

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1. johnfactorial ◴[20 Jun 19 21:01 UTC] No.20237340[source]▶
It's a fantastic idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dban. A term for police is お巡りさん, "patrolman" (or, as I first read it, Mr. Walkaround lol). They're known for their neighborhood foot patrols as well as staffing the kōban, are very much a part of the community, and in my opinion play a big part in the very safe feeling Westerners often feel in Japan.