THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 15, 2021 at 20:00 JST
Emergency rescue workers at the scene of a landslide in the Kawagishi-Higashi district of Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 15. (Provided by the Nagano prefectural government’s Suwa construction office)
OKAYA, Nagano Prefecture--Three of eight people caught in a landslide were confirmed dead on Aug. 15 as torrential rains lashed this central Japan prefecture, city government officials said. [Read More]
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