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 ...
Landfill used in a section of the steep mountainside of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture swept away in the July 3 mudslide following ... There is no law in Japan governing the management and disposal ...
Tropical Storm Shanshan slowly made its way northeast through Japan toward the capital Saturday, setting off a mudslide that killed three people, halting trains and leaving underground passages ...
In Oita's Beppu City, a popular tourist destination, mudslides have closed the local ropeway. In central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture, more than 10 slides were reported in Atami City. Mud poured ...