Originally Posted by
rpc938
here is a abandoned electric folding bike. I wanted to get it and bring it back to Manila, but I figure that may be a crime. Anyway, you can see the impound? yellow tag. My good son Pepe 8, in the foreground. Picture taken 2Nov'09. Asabu-East, Tokyo.
You were correct to guess that it would be illegal to "collect" that bike from the "wild".
The yellow tag is not an impound tag. It's just a warning that parking the bike in that area is not allowed, and that the bike may be confiscated and impounded (and then, exported to... the Philippines... or North Korea, or Viet Nam, or ...).
If you look closely at the photo, you can see the "bohan toroku" (bicycle registration) sticker on the front of the seat tube