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 quality ...

The Atami city government knew that a landfill high up in the mountains of the seaside city was larger than legally permitted for about a decade, according to a former municipal official. The landfill ...

TOKYO – At least 20 people are feared dead after a mudslide washed away multiple homes in the seaside city of Atami on Saturday morning (July 3), with search and rescue operations continuing into the ...

WATCH: Drone footage shows the damage caused by a huge mudslide in Atami A huge rescue operation is under way in central Japan after a landslide hit the popular resort of Atami, killing two people and ...

More than 1,000 soldiers, firefighters and police are working to rescue survivors of a giant mudslide that ripped through a resort town south-west of Tokyo, killing at least three people and leaving ...