More than a million people in Japan have been told to cut back on showers and laundry to help rescuers reach a pensioner ...

Rescuers suspend search for truck driver swallowed by sinkhole days ago - Cave-ins at sinkhole in Yashio city make area ...

Authorities hoped to complete the 30m slope on Jan 31, but a local official said it may take several days. Read more at ...

The space between the two sinkholes in a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, collapsed early on Thursday (Jan 30) morning and created one larger hole, estimated to be more than 20m in ...

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

A truck driver has spent more than 24 hours trapped under a Japan sinkhole that swallowed his vehicle in the greater Tokyo ...

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

Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp Friday to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not been heard ...

Another sinkhole has since opened up nearby, and residents within a 650-foot radius had been evacuated, a spokesman said.

The sinkhole suddenly opened at an intersection in the city of Yashio. A second sinkhole nearby is hampering rescue efforts.

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

A 74-year-old truck driver remains trapped in a sinkhole that opened earlier this week in Yashio, Japan. The sinkhole opened ...