The cave-in occurred on a heavily trafficked intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture. That happened about a week ago, but rescuing the truck driver, who is in his 70s, has proven much trickier ...

Repair work for all damage caused by a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, where a trucker remains trapped underground, could take until the end of the year to complete, local officials said.

With efforts to find a driver who fell in expected to take about three months, there is no concrete timeline in place on when ...

On January 28, a hole 10 metres in diameter and 10 metres deep suddenly formed on a road in Yashio (a town on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan). A truck driver, taken by surprise, was unfortunately ...

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.

On Sunday, five households near the sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture were asked to evacuate and take shelter by local government officials, The Japan Times reported. More than a hundred residents living ...

A 2-meter-wide sinkhole emerged on a road in Nagoya, central Japan, on Thursday morning, leaving a car stuck but no one injured, loc ...

The sinkhole, which now measures 40m (131ft) in diameter, opened at a road intersection in Yashio city near Tokyo. It is believed to be caused by a sewer rupture. Search teams are unable to enter ...

It could take at least two to three years to repair a sewer rupture found after a road collapsed in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, according to the head of a prefectural panel studying the repairs.