Japan finance ministry worker loses sensitive files on night out

The ministry employee left behind the files and his laptop after drinking with co-workers.

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The employee, who has not been named, reportedly drank nine glasses of beer during a five-hour-long night out with co-workers in Yokohama, south of the capital Tokyo, on 6 February.

Local media said that he did not realise he had lost his bag until after he got off his train ride home in Sumida, another city near central Tokyo.

The finance ministry has said it was "deeply sorry" for the incident that "significantly undermined public trust", according to public broadcaster NHK.

The bag had contained documents which had the names and addresses of 187 suspected drug smugglers and recipients of marijuana seeds, the ministry said.

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