Lost something on the train? AI might help track it down, even if you thought it was gone for good.
Public transportation service providers and other concerns in Japan are introducing artificial intelligence to categorize and catalog lost items and provide information on where to return them.
Some 30 organizations have introduced a “lost-and-found platform,” developed by Tokyo-based information technology firm Find Inc., at about 2,300 stations and other locations.
They include the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau and Haneda airport in Tokyo, as well as the Tokyo police force and the Oita prefectural police.
Photo taken on March 17, 2025, shows staff looking at a tablet at Tokyo’s Yurikamome Shimbashi Station to check for a lost item in the Find…