6 missing after landslide in southwestern Japan
According to police and government officials in the city of Nakatsu, three houses in the town of Yabakei were engulfed by a landslide after a mountain slope collapsed at around 3:50 a.m. local time.
Local rescue officials said they have asked for heavy machinery to be deployed to shift soil to access the accident site.
Ground Self-Defense Force personnel will also assist in the search and rescue mission, they said.
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