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Airport guard returns Japanese man's wallet with 1.5-M yen

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Crispin Toquero, a security guard at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, found and returned a wallet containing 1.5 million yen belonging to Japanese traveler Kiyoshi Fukasawa. Courtesy of NAIA airport police" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/05/04/20230504-japanese.jpg"/><figcaption>Crispin Toquero, a security guard at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, found and returned a wallet containing 1.5 million yen belonging to Japanese traveler Kiyoshi Fukasawa.<em> Courtesy of NAIA airport police</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — A security guard at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport found and returned a wallet containing 1.5 million yen belonging to a Japanese traveler.</p><p>Officials identified the guard as Crispin Toquero, who was on routine duty at the NAIA Terminal 2 arrival area when he found the wallet on April 29.</p><p>Toquero noticed the wallet unattended on the floor outside the NAIA T2 customs zone and near several money exchange booths.</p><p>He said he immediately asked the airport police to use NAIA&#x27;s public address system to notify passengers about the found wallet.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/06/22/airport-janitor-turns-in-envelope-containing-cash">Airport janitor turns in envelope containing more than P20,000 cash</a></li></ul><p>The Japanese traveler, Kiyoshi Fukasawa, was reportedly seeking assistance also then because of his missing wallet. </p><p>He was able to go to the airport police office and, despite the language barrier, was able to describe the content of his wallet and convince authorities it was his. <br/> <br/>A Filipina companion also vouched for the credentials of Fukasawa as the rightful owner of the wallet.</p><p>After full documentation, the wallet was returned to Fukasawa.</p><p>Toquero said he was raised by his parents with good morals.</p><p>“Pinalaki po ako ng magulang ko nang tama. Ilang beses na po ako nakapulot sa airport ng mga naiiwan ng pasahero, pero hindi ko po inisip na ito ay pag-interesan,” he said.</p><p>Toquero, who has been working at the airport for the past 10 years, is married with two children and his family lives in Candon, Ilocos Sur. </p><p>“Mahirap lang po kami pero hindi ko po kaya ipakain sa pamilya ko ang pera na galing sa masama,” he said.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVE</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2604649" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A security guard at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport found and returned a wallet containing 1.5 million yen belonging to a Japanese traveler.