Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

Saitama Prefecture officials said the search for a missing 74-year-old truck stuck in a large sinkhole shifted to an ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

WHAT HAPPENED The incident has captured national attention since the sinkhole suddenly appeared in Yashio, just northeast of Tokyo, during the morning rush hour on Jan 28. The hole, which was ...

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 have ...

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 ...

What followed was a grueling rescue effort hindered by unstable ground, flooding and the unexpected expansion of the sinkhole into a massive crater. So, what caused this disaster? And could it happen ...

Authorities in Saitama Prefecture called off their search Sunday for a missing 74-year-old man whose truck was engulfed by a sinkhole in the city of Yashio last month, according to media reports.