THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 7, 2021 at 18:58 JST
Police officers and Self-Defense Forces members continue search-and-rescue operations in an area devastated by a landslide in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 7. (Hikaru Uchida)
Shizuoka Vice Governor Takashi Namba on July 7 called the construction methods used for a landfill that collapsed high up in a mountain in Atami "inappropriate." [Read More]
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