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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The Japanese sinkhole near Tokyo continued to grow on Friday as emergency crews continued their plan to install a temporary ramp 50 feet down to the floor to rescue a dump truck ...

0:40 Sinkhole in Japan swallows truck inside 5m deep hole A large sinkhole has opened up near Tokyo, swallowing a truck with a man inside, and now the race is on to rescue him. Japanese emergency ...

A sinkhole opened up in the middle of an intersection in Japan on Tuesday and, unfortunately, a truck and its 74-year-old driver were swallowed during the dramatic incident. He is still trapped ...