Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more ...

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A sinkhole accident in Yashio is believed to have been caused by damage to an underground sewage pipe. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO: Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday (Jan 28) to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received ...

northeast of Tokyo. Television footage captured the asphalt road cracking and collapsing into the sinkhole, knocking down billboards. At first the sinkhole was roughly 33-feet wide and 16-feet ...

TOKYO: A regional airport in Japan cancelled all flights on Wednesday (Oct 2) after a minor unexplained explosion that was seen in footage on local media. There were no reports of injuries from ...

Japan plans to invest over 20 trillion yen ($134 billion) in the five years from fiscal 2026 to enhance the country's ...

Since January, residents of Koganei, a city in western Tokyo, have received numerous ... weakened the road’s foundation, leading to a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its driver.

Repair work for all damage caused by a sinkhole in Yashio ... in Yashio and Soka cities in Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo’s Adachi Ward, said a shortage of essential water for production prevented ...