Hill-top embankment to be investigated over deadly central Japan mudslide July 7, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) The point of origin for a mudslide in the Izusan district of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, is seen in this image provided by the Shizuoka Prefectural Government. The damage from a deadly large-scale mudslide that occurred in the central Japan city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture on July 3 may have been exacerbated by an embankment at the top of the mountain the soil came from, it has emerged. Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu said at a press conference that his government intends to fully look into the matter: "Almost the entire embankment went down with the mudslide. We will thoroughly investigate just who has been collecting this soil together, and for what purpose."