The sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly ...

Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly truck ...

A truck cabin that was swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan two weeks ago has been located in a nearby ... opened at a road ...

There's also been a renewed debate about Japan’s aging infrastructure. Just after the sinkhole appeared in Yashio City, just northeast of Tokyo, on Tuesday morning a 3-ton truck fell into it.

Japan drones find truck cabin swallowed by sinkhole with ‘person inside’ - A lorry was swallowed at an intersection near Tokyo during morning rush hour last month ...

Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened. The sinkhole appeared in Yashio city in Saitama prefecture, near the ...

Emergency workers in Yashio city outside Tokyo rushed to the scene on Tuesday ... a massive sinkhole appeared on a five-lane street in Hakata, Japan. That sinkhole caused blackouts and traffic ...

Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls ...

A truck driver has spent more than 24 hours trapped under a Japan sinkhole that swallowed his vehicle in the greater Tokyo ...

A massive sinkhole has appeared at an intersection near Tokyo, swallowing a truck and its driver, according to multiple reports. Two rescuers have reportedly been injured in their attempt to retrieve ...

Takashi Oguchi, a geographer from the University of Tokyo, said sinkholes are rare in Japan, where most roads are built on unconsolidated fluvial and marine sediments. But he warned that when a ...