The space between the two sinkholes in a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama prefecture, collapsed Jan 30 morning and created one larger hole, estimated to be more than 20m in diameter.

A sinkhole opened up in the middle of an intersection in Japan on Tuesday and, unfortunately, a truck and its 74-year-old driver were swallowed during the dramatic incident. He is still trapped down ...

The 74-year-old man’s truck was swallowed by the hole, now 40 metres across and still caving in, with corroded sewage pipes a possible cause.

Emergency teams trying to rescue a truck driver trapped for days in a huge sinkhole in a road north of Tokyo will take several more days to access the hole and begin large-scale work, authorities said ...

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

The chasm has prompted authorities to evacuate hundreds of people in the surrounding area, while emergency responders ...

Rescue teams are continuing efforts to rescue a 74-year-old man trapped in a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama, ...

Japanese authorities are still trying to rescue a man trapped Tuesday in a sinkhole on a road near Tokyo. Authorities are ...

Japanese authorities urge evacuation as a massive sinkhole in Saitama grows, hampering rescue efforts to free an elderly truck driver.

The Japanese sinkhole near Tokyo continued to grow on Friday as emergency crews continued their plan to install a temporary ...

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

The road cave-in accident happened on Tuesday at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, creating a ...