READ: Truck cabin found in Japan sinkhole search for driver The number of sinkholes in Japan is rising, topping 10,000 in fiscal 2022. Many of these are sewerage-related in urban areas ...

A vehicle, top right, carrying a body, believed to be that of the driver found during a search inside the sewer pipe, leaves the scene of the road collapse accident on a street, Friday May 2, 2025 ...

according to Japan’s Nippon TV. Rescue workers initially heard the driver responding to their calls, but soon lost contact. A map of Yashio: Five families living in the vicinity of the sinkhole ...

A tragic accident in Saitama shows how aging pipes, soft soil and climate threats are straining the country’s infrastructure.

TOKYO: Japanese rescuers have recovered the body of a truck driver who was swallowed by a huge sinkhole near Tokyo three months ago, an official said on Friday (May 2). A road in the city of ...

The Japanese government has decided to complete the renovation of relatively large sewage pipes at risk of damage and corrosion due to aging by fiscal 2030, a source close to the matter said recently.

The body of a truck driver has been recovered, three months after his vehicle fell into a sinkhole that suddenly appeared while he was driving on a road near Tokyo ...

Experts say the Yashio sinkhole was caused by corrosion in sewer ... The case was a wakeup call about the aging infrastructure in Japan, where most of its main public infrastructure was built ...

The body of a 74-year-old man has reportedly been found three months after his truck was swallowed by a large sinkhole in Japan. On Friday, May 2, a spokesperson for the local fire department ...

The number of sinkholes in Japan is rising, topping 10,000 in fiscal 2022. Many of these are sewerage-related in urban areas, a land ministry probe shows. In 2016 a giant sinkhole around 30 meters ...