Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more ...

Yashio, Saitama, Japan - January 31, 2025 Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2025, shows a large sinkhole ...

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

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

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

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

A sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a dump truck hole on Tuesday has now doubled in wide after combining with a second ...

Rescue workers in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, are considering how to search for a man who went missing in a massive sinkhole that appeared last week at a busy intersection in Yashio City.

Rescue personnel continued efforts to clear debris in an expanding sinkhole near Tokyo on Friday in the hope of saving a man ...

Rescue teams are continuing efforts to rescue a 74-year-old man trapped in a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama, ...

The driver, a 74-year-old man, is believed to be trapped inside the truck's cabin. He was conscious and communicating with rescue workers earlier but has not responded since Tuesday afternoon, ...

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 ...