The prefectural government has called on residents of 12 cities and towns in the eastern part of the prefecture, including a ...

Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of ...

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

A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as ...

A road in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, collapsed on Tuesday, January 28, creating a large sinkhole into which a truck ...

TOKYO -- An oval-shaped pit suddenly formed on a busy road in Yashio, Japan, on Tuesday, taking down a truck and trapping the ...

The search for a 74-year-old truck driver trapped in a Japan sinkhole entered a fourth day on Friday (Jan 31) as worsening ...

Japanese region asks 1.2 million people to use less water to help sinkhole rescue - Japanese authorities have asked residents ...

A truck that fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on. Residents near the hole have taken shelter ...

A truck and its driver were swallowed by a sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool which appeared at a busy intersection ...

Japanese authorities have asked 1.2 million people to cut back on showers and laundry to prevent leaking sewage aggravating an operation to rescue a truck driver in a sinkhole.