1.700 Schiffe wurden in den Häfen und Flüssen von Chiba aufgegeben. Entfernung von 17 Schiffen für 73 Millionen Yen, hauptsächlich durch Steuergelder gedeckt

In the article it says that out of the 17 boats they removed for this amount, they could only find the owners of 2 of them. Is there no such thing as a registry? Maybe the boats are old or the identifying information purposefully removed, but I’d suggest having boats marked so they are easily identifiable. I.e. plaques in multiple locations with registration numbers or something.

BUT tbh, abandoning your vehicle, no matter the type, seems to be a huge issue. I often see abandoned cars just rusting away. Yes, often it’s on private property but this is going to be someones problem at some point. The same goes for bicycles. Once every couple years the management at my place put stickers on bikes and the ones who don’t have their stickers removed after a while will be taken away. But you still see rusty, broken bikes in public areas all the time. What gives?