Two dead, 20 missing after mudslide rips through Japan town

Rescuers check a damaged vehicle at the site of a mudslide in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, southwest of Tokyo (Kyodo News via AP)

At least two people are dead and about 20 are missing after a mudslide swept away homes and cars in a resort town southwest of Tokyo, Japanese officials said.

Prime minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters 19 people had been rescued, and 130 homes damaged in Atami.