ATAMI, Shizuoka Prefecture--The disaster that befell ... professor emeritus of geotechnical engineering at Tokyo Denki University. A hazard map issued by the land ministry shows that Izusan ...

Instead of many days or even weeks, crucial data on a deadly landslide that tore through Atami ... topography and produce maps of a disaster site. In 2017, Shizuoka Prefecture became the first ...

Mudslides stretched about more than 2 km in Atami, Shizuoka Pref. Officials say at least 54,000 cubic meters had been used to fill a valley in roughly the area where the mudslide began.