Data blunders put Japan's after-work boozing culture in the spotlight

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Data blunders put Japan's after-work boozing culture in the spotlight

As many people know, after-work drinks can occasionally get embarrassingly out of hand. But for two government employees in Japan, a night on the tiles resulted in the loss of files containing information about an ongoing drug-smuggling investigation.Booze-fuelled blunders involving delicate personal data have sparked debate in Japan over alcohol's place in its work culture, as well as the country's stubbornly analogue bureaucracy. 'Astonishing …