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

A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as ...

Authorities hoped to complete the 30m slope on Jan 31, but a local official said it may take several days. Read more at ...

Another sinkhole has since opened up nearby, and residents within a 650-foot radius had been evacuated, a spokesman said.

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

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 ...

The driver was able to talk with rescuers but they retreated after the area around the hole became unstable, a spokesperson ...

Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of ...

Rescue personnel continued efforts to clear debris in an expanding sinkhole near Tokyo on Friday in the hope of saving a man ...

The search for a 74-year-old truck driver trapped in a Japan sinkhole entered a fourth day on Friday (Jan 31) as worsening ...

A truck driver has spent more than 24 hours trapped under a Japan sinkhole that swallowed his vehicle in the greater Tokyo ...

Officials said that as waste water from the damaged pipe flooded the hole, it caused a second sinkhole to appear on Thursday.