reported missing after a mudslide in japan's coastal town of tommy southwest of tokyo, prime minister yoshida suga has called an emergency cabinet meeting. andrew chappelle has latest days of torrential rain, loosened soil above the town. around 10 30 am local time. on saturday, it all came sliding down the mountain. black mud cascaded through the streets in waves, crashing into homes in the quiet japanese resort town, south west of tokyo, the piano, the electricity pile on here. i wish i can all over the place and no sooner had i wondered what was going on than the mud slides were already there. and in the street below, 2 was really scared. japan self defense forces had sent teams to help local police and firefighters. japan is prone to mud slides and flooding during its annual rainy season. japan is very much a natural disaster country. i mean there may be no country on earth that has as many natural disasters and smaller is japan. does. you know, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslide floods it's, it's gets hit very heavy. and so the self defense forces, one of their missions is to, to go to th

state of emergency and restrictions will remain in tokyo until the end of next month. prime minister yoshida, so guess as the virus is spreading at an unprecedented speed, mostly because of the delta variance, the one 1st seen in india. more now from robin brought with cases spiking tokyo, it seems, has no choice but to extended state of emergency through to the end of august. because then you're going to deal with unprecedented speed infection is spreading in the capital and can cy area the delta variant of spreading with strength. and if this doesn't slow down, it will potentially lead to a medical health system crisis. japan is struggling with competing trends. the increasing spread of the more transmissible delta variant accounting. now, for nearly 3 quarters of all new cases in tokyo versus growing pandemic fatigue. with noticeably more people failing to stay off the streets than they did off the state of emergency announcements. in the past with the seat of emergency being enforced so many times i think people are starting not to take it so seriously. and because of that there have bee

areas as well as keeping restrictions in place in tokyo until the end of the month. prime minister yoshida suga says the virus is spreading at an unprecedented speed. it's mostly because of a delta variance. the highly contagious varying accounts for nearly 3 quarters of cases in tokyo. or olympic all organizes of acknowledge for the 1st time that people within the protective bible have been mixing with the wider japanese population. they insist there's no link between the games and the record spike in crime virus numbers in japan's capital. and richardson reports now from tokyo. this was a day when fans should have been keeping up at so close national stadium to watch the 1st track and field events. instead, a view of the olympic rings outside the venue is the best they can hopeful due to concerns over the spread of corona virus, the japanese public is being kept away from the athletes organizes in 5th. these competitors attested more often to koby 19 than any other community in the world and say there is no link between the gangs taking place and infection rates hitting record levels in