Under Japan’s sewerage law, “parts that are highly prone to corrosion” due to differentials in slope levels or generation of hydrogen sulfide must be checked every five years. But the law did not ...

Emergency inspections of sewer facilities are underway across Japan to check for deterioration that might lead to road ...

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 ...

Look, I understand that sinkholes are scary, but they happen. Sometimes, homes, trucks, and even buses suddenly get swallowed up. Workers in Japan have been trying to rescue a man from his truck in a ...

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.

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 ...

A sinkhole estimated to be the size of a large swimming pool swallowed a truck and its driver as it opened up in the middle of a busy intersection in Japan, according to multiple reports citing ...

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 ...

Fears are growing for the health and safety of a truck driver who has now spent almost four days trapped in a sinkhole in Japan, after the road opened up and swallowed the truck he was driving.

Emergency services in Saitama, Japan, worked continuously to rescue a truck driver trapped in a 20-feet deep, 33-feet wide sinkhole. The collapse has caused ground instability, forcing authorities ...