Dozens feared missing after Japanese resort town mudslide

A man watches as rescuers continue a search operation at the site of a mudslide at Izusan in Atami (Kyodo via AP)

Rescue workers are looking for dozens of people feared missing after a giant landslide ripped through a Japanese seaside resort town, killing at least three people.

Eighty people are still unaccounted for in Atami, south-west of Tokyo, according to disaster management chiefs in Shizuoka prefecture.