THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 14, 2021 at 17:35 JST
The mountainside where the landslide is believed to have originated in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 7. (Wataru Sekita)
The danger posed by an oversized mass of fill dirt that collapsed into a deadly landslide in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, this month apparently went overlooked for 11 years, photos obtained by The Asahi Shimbun show. [Read More]
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