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 Yashio, Saitama prefecture, according to sources close to the prefectural ...

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 ...

The sinkhole repair work on Kalanianaole Highway near Baby Makapuu beach is ahead of schedule and the highway closure will end at 11:30 a.m., state Department of Transportation officials said.

A forming sinkhole has closed busy Triad roads, according to officers with the Winston-Salem Police Department. According to officers the sinkhole is forming in the middle of the road in the 500 ...

The search for the driver, who has not been named, was suspended late last week as the ground around the sinkhole became unstable. Rescuers are now seeking to reach him through a 30m slope built ...

TOKYO – Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were urged to evacuate on Feb 2, with efforts to rescue a man stuck inside reportedly halted.

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.

Five families living in the vicinity of a sinkhole in Japan have been told to evacuate as the crater continued to expand, days after swallowing a truck along with its driver. The sinkhole in Yashio ...

Tokyo: Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were urged to evacuate Sunday, with efforts to rescue a man stuck inside reportedly halted.

A 74-year-old truck driver was swallowed Tuesday by the cavity which has since expanded to 40 metres (130 feet) across -- almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool. The growing hole could be ...

Authorities are still struggling to rescue a 74-year-old truck driver who has been trapped in a massive sinkhole in eastern Saitama Prefecture since Jan. 28. The biggest challenge for the ...