By YUJI MASUYAMA/ Staff Writer
July 11, 2021 at 18:24 JST
Yutaka Kawase and his wife Aimi place a wheelchair in a vehicle for elderly residents in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. The couple played a significant role in evacuating seniors in need when a massive landslide hit the coastal city on July 3. (Shiro Nishihata)
ATAMI, Shizuoka Prefecture--Yutaka Kawase and his wife Aimi had a sense of foreboding after they found the road they usually travel on blocked early July 3 due to flooding from an upstream river as heavy rains kept falling. [Read More]
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