FRANTIC SEARCH Members of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces search for missing people at the scene of a landslide following days of heavy rain in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture on July 10, 2021. AFP PHOTO
FRANTIC SEARCH Members of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces search for missing people at the scene of a landslide following days of heavy rain in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture on July 10, 2021. AFP PHOTO


TOKYO, JAPAN: The death toll in a landslide that hit the Japanese resort town of Atami has risen to 15, a local official said on Sunday as hundreds of rescuers continued the search for over a dozen missing residents.

"Two more people were confirmed dead during the weekend with the number of victims now totaling 15," disaster-management spokesman Yuta Hara told Agence France-Presse.

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