FIVE households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were urged to evacuate, with ...

Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, were urged to ...

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

But a good amount of sewage water was discovered underneath the slope, which, combined with rain, led to the rescue mission ...

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

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

The unnamed 74-year-old male driver plummeted into the hole when the ground suddenly collapsed at an intersection in Yashio City, northeast of Tokyo on Tuesday morning.

TOKYO: Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on Saturday (Feb 1) to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, ...

The space between the two sinkholes in a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama prefecture, collapsed Jan 30 morning and created one larger hole, estimated to be more than 20m in diameter.

Rescuers in Japan are still trying to reach a truck driver who plunged into a sinkhole on Tuesday north of Tokyo. They plan ...

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 down ...