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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama ...

Hopes faded for a 74-year-old man in Japan whose truck was swallowed by a sinkhole as a difficult rescue operation entered its third night Thursday, with the chasm widening and locals urged to limit ...