The local authorities believe the sinkhole was caused by corroded sewerage pipes. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool swallowed a driver and his truck in Yashio City, Japan on Monday morning.

Families near Japan sinkhole asked to evacuate as truck driver remains trapped - Sinkhole has expanded to size of Olympic swimming pool ...

The sinkhole, which opened on 28 January in Saitama prefecture, swallowed the 1,800kg vehicle, trapping the truck driver.

The space between the two sinkholes collapsed early on Jan 30 morning and created one larger hole. Read more at ...

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

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

Officials in Yashio city, located north of Tokyo, are trying to rescue a 74-year-old man whose truck was swallowed by a ...

Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened.

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

Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on Saturday to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, officials said, four ...

A massive sinkhole at a busy intersection near Tokyo continues to expand as water flows in. Rescuers are still trying to ...