The sinkhole, which now measures 40m (131ft) in diameter, opened at a road intersection in Yashio city near Tokyo. It is believed to be caused by a sewer rupture. Search teams are unable to enter the ...

Thirty people were evacuated and at least one garden was swallowed by a sinkhole that appeared in Godstone, a village in ...

Emergency inspections of sewer facilities are underway across Japan to check for deterioration that might lead to road subsidence following a ...

Reports of suspicious phone calls and home visits by scammers posing as government officials have climbed since the sinkhole ...

A total of about 19km of sewage pipes managed by the Tokyo metropolitan government are set to be inspected. The pipes are laid in nine cities, including Higashi-Kurume and Kiyose.

Tokyo (AFP) – A truck cabin swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan has been found in a sewer pipe and may contain the body of its missing driver, a fire department official said Wednesday. Rescuers have ...

Rescuers have been struggling to find the 74-year-old driver since the truck plunged into a chasm that appeared near Tokyo two weeks ago. The sinkhole suddenly opened up at an intersection in the ...

At least one person’s remains could be inside a truck cabin swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan and found ... cabin that got sucked into a chasm near Tokyo, officials said, confirming that drone ...

Tokyo (AFP) – 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.

Dozens were evacuated and at least one garden was swallowed by a sinkhole in a southern English village on Monday, local reports say. The sinkhole, which formed in the village of Godstone in ...

Rescuers have been struggling to find the 74-year-old driver since the truck plunged into a chasm that appeared near Tokyo two weeks ago. The sinkhole suddenly opened up at an intersection in the ...

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 ...