The driver was able to talk with rescuers but they retreated after the area around the hole became unstable, a spokesperson ...

In one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, the sinkhole has raised worries about aging infrastructure. Most of ...

In one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, the sinkhole has raised worries about aging infrastructure. Most of Japan’s main public infrastructure was built during the rapid economic ...

Another sinkhole has since opened up nearby, and residents within a 650-foot radius had been evacuated, a spokesman said.

By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Emergency workers are struggling to rescue a truck driver who was swallowed by a sinkhole ... to the incident, Japan’s Ministry of ...

A truck fell into a massive sinkhole that opened up on a busy prefectural ... The standard service life of sewer pipes is said to be 50 years. Under Japan’s sewerage law, “parts that are ...

Rescuers are racing to save a man swallowed by a massive sinkhole in Japan while driving ... and it later became submerged in water, NHK World Japan reported. The driver’s whereabouts remain ...