USA Today
By Eric Lagatta
March 20, 2024
Family members sorting through the attic of their father’s Massachusetts home following his death last year were surprised when they came across what appeared to be a trove of Japanese cultural relics.
Fearing the artifacts did not rightly belong to their late father, the family checked the FBI’s publicly-accessible National Stolen Art File, where their fears were confirmed. The collection of “valuable Asian Art” was indeed looted from Japan during World War II, prompting the family to contact the FBI to ensure the items could be returned to their country of origin, the agency said in a news release.