Jan 31, 2025 · Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly...

11 hours ago · Similar sinkholes have appeared in other areas in Japan. Water is gushing out of a 2-meter-wide hole which opened in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The hole is believed to have formed as water ...

Feb 4, 2025 · Water and debris continue to hamper the search for a truck driver now trapped for a week in a massive sinkhole that suddenly occurred in a city north of Tokyo.

Jan 30, 2025 · A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as the rescue operation of the driver has dragged on for days.

Jan 31, 2025 · TOKYO (AP) — A truck that fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on.

Jan 29, 2025 · Swimming pool-sized sinkhole traps truck driver in Japan 00:51. Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Rescuers were on Wednesday trying to save a Japanese truck driver stuck in a large sinkhole for more than 24 hours as local residents were evacuated over fears gas pipes could break.

Jan 29, 2025 · A truck driver has spent more than 24 hours trapped under a sinkhole in Japan that swallowed his vehicle in the greater Tokyo area, national officials confirmed.

Jan 28, 2025 · In Japan, a sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool appeared in the city of Yashio, swallowing a truck and its driver. The crater is about 32 feet wide and 20 feet deep, local media reported.

Jan 31, 2025 · YASHIO, Saitama — The space between the two sinkholes in a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, collapsed early on Jan 30 morning and created one larger hole, estimated to be more ...