A massive sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan's aging pipes. Emergency workers ...

A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, ...

The site of the cave-in is pictured in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after the sinkhole opened ... has gone down." (Japanese original by Shoko Washizu and Hiroki Masuda ...

TOKYO - An object was found on Feb 5 in a section of a sewage pipe downstream from the site of a sinkhole in a road in ... Local governments across Japan have also been conducting emergency ...

(Photo courtesy of Nagoya City Waterworks and Sewerage Bureau)(Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A 2-meter-wide sinkhole emerged on a road in Nagoya, central Japan, on Thursday morning, leaving a car stuck ...

TOKYO – Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were ... he said. On Feb 1, Japanese rescuers completed building a 30m slope to send heavy ...

Tokyo: A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan's ageing pipes. Emergency workers ...

A 2-meter-wide sinkhole emerged on a road in Nagoya on Thursday morning, leaving a car stuck but no one injured, local authorities said. The incident occurred amid heightened public attention on a ...

A week after a road caved in near Tokyo, swallowing a truck and its driver, the sinkhole has grown into a gaping hollow, highlighting the risk posed by Japan's ageing ...