Two are dead and at least 19 people are missing after a landslide caused by torrential rains tore through the Japanese city of Atami on Saturday. Witnesses described watching whole houses be swept ...

Atami, Japan, Mudslide Kills 4, With 80 Still Missing The landslide hit Atami after days of heavy rain. The end of Japan's rainy season is often a time of deadly flooding and mudslides, and many ...

ATAMI, Shizuoka Prefecture--The disaster that befell this seaside resort town was an accident waiting to happen, say experts citing the steep mountainside on which it is built and poor soil ...

A memorial ceremony was held Thursday for the 28 victims of a mudslide that struck Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, in 2021. In the ceremony, held by the Atami government from 9 a.m. at an elementary ...

Officials aware of Atami landslide risk a year before they had said By KAE KAWASHIMA/ Staff Writer. October 20, 2021 at 16:44 JST ...

Japanese rescue workers continued to search for survivors Monday, two days after a devastating “tsunami” of mud swept through a coastal city, killing at least three and leaving more than 80 ...

Search and rescue efforts continue in Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture, where deadly mudslides on July 3 have left at least 9 people dead and damaged about 130 buildings. Experts are now examining ...