The sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly ...

A truck cabin that was swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan two weeks ago has been located in a nearby sewer pipe, authorities ...

Saitama Prefecture officials said the search for a missing 74-year-old truck stuck in a large sinkhole shifted to an ...

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 ...

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

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 truck cab that fell into a widening sinkhole in Yashio, Japan, late last month has been found. Officials believe the body ...

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 ...

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 near Tokyo that swallowed a dump truck hole on Tuesday has now doubled in wide after combining with a second sinkhole as rescue workers continued their dig to reach the vehicle's driver.

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 ...

The Japanese sinkhole near Tokyo continued to grow on Friday as emergency crews continued their plan to install a temporary ...