A Japanese official had a bad day at work when papers with people's private details were blown away by the wind.

The official was moving a box full of papers between buildings in Aichi, central Japan, when the box fell over, spilling the papers. Then, a sudden gust of wind scattered them everywhere.

Despite trying hard, the official couldn't recover them all. "More than 10 other officials joined the search" for the lost papers, said Akira Kato, another official.

The papers had information about 121 homes. Aichi has now decided to put all its data on computers to stop this from happening again. They have apologized to all affected homes and said no one has misused the lost data.