Newser on MSN4h
With Driver Trapped, Japan Asks 1.2M to Stop Doing Laundry
Around 1.2 million people in Japan have been asked to stop doing laundry and taking showers as rescuers race against time to ...
The Peninsula3h
Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length
Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp Friday to try and reach a 74 year old truck driver who has not been heard ...
20m-wide sinkhole in Japan: 1.2 million asked to refrain from doing laundry and taking baths
The space between the two sinkholes collapsed early on Jan 30 morning and created one larger hole. Read more at ...
Nikkei Asia5h
Japan's sinkhole crisis highlights aging sewerage infrastructure
The road cave-in accident happened on Tuesday at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, creating a ...
1.2m people told not to do laundry in Japan as authorities race to save man in sinkhole
More than a million people in Japan have been told to cut back on showers and laundry to help rescuers reach a pensioner ...
Japan urges 1.2 million to cut water use as sinkhole rescue efforts underway
Japanese authorities have urged 1.2 million residents to limit water use. This is due to unstable ground and leaking sewage ...
StringersHub on MSN1d
Japan: Sinkholes at intersection near Tokyo
Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows sinkholes at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture ...