Kobe Central Post Office Loses Personal Information of Approximately 9,000 Individuals... Including Addresses, Phone Numbers, and Names (Kansai TV) - Yahoo! News

It has been revealed that approximately 9,000 documents containing personal information were lost from the Kobe Central Post Office. According to Japan Post, the lost documents are about 9,000 postal records related to registered mail, mail packs, and international mail handled at the Sannomiya branch of the Kobe Central Post Office in April of last year. The documents contained information such as the delivery address, sender's name, address, and phone number. These documents were moved from the Sannomiya branch to the Kobe Central Post Office for storage in June of last year, but were found to be missing when the storage status was checked on the 10th of last month. Staff searched but were unable to find them. The documents were kept in a locked room, and only a limited number of staff members were allowed to use the key. Japan Post stated that no inquiries from customers or any fraudulent requests from third parties have been received regarding this loss of documents. Shin'ya Koike, Director of the Kansai Branch of Japan Post, stated, "We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers. We will thoroughly educate our staff and work to prevent recurrence." Kansai TV