TOKYO -- An oval-shaped pit suddenly formed on a busy road in Yashio, Japan, on Tuesday, taking down a truck and trapping the driver inside. Emergency crews battled unstable ground and debris.

A truck and its driver have been swallowed by a sinkhole on a busy intersection in ... deep suddenly appeared in the Japanese city of Fukuoka and swallowed five road lanes before it was flooded.

The driver of the truck could communicate with rescue teams when his truck was first swallowed, but there are fears for his safety as sediment fills the hole.

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In 2016, a massive sinkhole appeared on a five-lane street in Hakata, Japan. That sinkhole caused blackouts and traffic delays but crews worked around the clock to fix the gaping hole in the busy ...

Under Japan’s sewerage law, “parts that are highly prone to corrosion” due to differentials in slope levels or generation of hydrogen sulfide must be checked every five years. But the law did not ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

Witnesses said the road sunk just before the truck passed, Japan Today reported ... around the clock to fix the gaping hole in the busy street. Last year, a sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed ...

A truck and its driver have been swallowed by a sinkhole on a busy intersection in Japan ... about 98ft wide and 50ft deep suddenly appeared in the Japanese city of Fukuoka and swallowed five road ...

TOKYO – Japanese rescuers completed building a slope ... Around 2,600 cases of road sinkholes in 2022 were caused by sewer pipes, according to local media. Most were small, at only 50 ...

“It’s safer, it’s better,” said Pham Van Lam, 57, as he pruned trees outside a Buddhist pagoda by a busy road ... South Korea or Japan. All three countries prioritized road safety as ...