TOKYO: A Japanese police officer got drunk, fell asleep on the street and lost investigation documents containing the personal details of about 400 people, including a criminal suspect, police and local media said.

The 49-year-old officer in the East Asian country's western Hyogo region lost a bag containing the documents sometime between 11 p.m. last Friday and 5 a.m. last Saturday, a police official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday.

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