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 ...

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

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.

A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, ...

Japan truck driver remains trapped in sinkhole as rescue effort enters third day. The status of the 74 year-old man, who has been in the hole since Tuesday (January 28) is unknown.

On Sunday, five households near the sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture were asked to evacuate and take shelter by local government officials, The Japan Times reported. More than a hundred residents ...

A truck and its driver were swallowed by a sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool which appeared at a busy intersection ...

Rescuers were on Wednesday trying to save a Japanese truck driver stuck in a large sinkhole for more than 24 hours as local residents were evacuated over fears gas pipes could break. Emergency ...

Just before 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 28, police responded to an emergency call that a sinkhole had opened up at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama, according to Japanese newspaper The ...

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.