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

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A sinkhole accident in Yashio is believed to have been caused by damage to an underground sewage pipe. Read more at ...

northeast of Tokyo. Television footage captured the asphalt road cracking and collapsing into the sinkhole, knocking down billboards. At first the sinkhole was roughly 33-feet wide and 16-feet ...

Japan plans to invest over 20 trillion yen ($134 billion) in the five years from fiscal 2026 to enhance the country's ...

Since January, residents of Koganei, a city in western Tokyo, have received numerous ... weakened the road’s foundation, leading to a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its driver.

A massive sinkhole at a busy intersection near Tokyo continues to expand as water flows in. Rescuers are still trying to reach a missing man whose truck was swallowed by the hole on Tuesday.

YASHIO, (Japan): Efforts to rescue a 74-year-old truck driver after his vehicle plunged into a sinkhole that opened up near Tokyo on Tuesday (Jan 28) has been suspended again, according to ...