Officials in Yashio city, located north of Tokyo, are trying to rescue a 74-year-old man whose truck was swallowed by a ...

The sinkhole, which opened on 28 January in Saitama prefecture, swallowed the 1,800kg vehicle, trapping the truck driver. Rescuers initially heard the driver responding, but lost contact soon after.

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

ShareRescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since ...

The rescue operations to save a 74-year-old truck driver trapped in a massive sinkhole in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, intensified on Friday (Jan 31), as rescuers grapple with unstable ground ...

YASHIO – the space between the two sinkholes that had already opened in a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, collapsed early on Thursday morning and expanded into an even larger hole. The ...

The sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on.

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

The driver, a 74-year-old man, is believed to be trapped inside the truck's cabin. He was conscious and communicating with rescue workers earlier but has not responded since Tuesday afternoon, ...

Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened.

Hopes faded for a 74-year-old man in Japan whose truck was swallowed by a sinkhole as a difficult rescue operation entered ...