Mudslides stretched about more than 2 km in Atami, Shizuoka Pref. Officials say at least 54,000 cubic meters had been used to fill a valley in roughly the area where the mudslide began.

SHIZUOKA--Shizuoka Vice Governor Takashi Namba said construction work carried out in depositing a dangerous mass of fill dirt high up an Atami mountain was “illegal” and questioned why ...

A ceremony to mourn the 28 people killed in a landslide was held in the seaside resort city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture ... earthquake of a lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale ...

Seventeen people are still unaccounted for more than a week since massive mudslides devastated Atami city in Shizuoka Prefecture. The search for survivors has been seriously affected by poor ...

Rescue teams battling heavy rain pulled survivors from their ruined homes on Sunday after a landslide struck the Japanese coastal city of Atami ... Residents said the mudslide struck at about ...