Japan’s Leader Pushes Rescue After Deadly Mudslide Hits Town

Rescuers conduct a search operation inside a building at the site of a mudslide at Izusan in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Japan, on July 4, 2021. Kyodo News via AP

ATAMI, Japan—More than 1,000 soldiers, firefighters, and police on Sunday waded through a giant mudslide that ripped through a resort town southwest of Tokyo, killing at least two people and leaving about 20 missing as it swept away houses and cars.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters 19 people had been rescued, and 130 homes and other buildings were damaged in Atami.