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(Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki) SAITAMA (Kyodo) -- A body found inside a massive sinkhole that opened at an intersection near Tokyo three months ago has been confirmed as that of a missing truck driver ...

Japanese rescuers have recovered the body of a truck driver who was swallowed by a huge sinkhole near Tokyo three months ago, an official said on Friday. A road in the city of Yashio caved in ...

Japanese rescuers have recovered the body of a truck driver who was swallowed by a huge sinkhole near Tokyo three months ago, an official said on Friday. A road in the city of Yashio caved in ...

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Japanese rescuers have recovered the body of a truck driver who was swallowed by a huge sinkhole near Tokyo three months ago. The sinkhole, which was caused by corroded sewerage pipes, was first ...

TOKYO (AP) — The body of a truck driver was recovered Friday three months after his vehicle fell into a sinkhole that suddenly appeared while he was driving on a road near Tokyo.