The government plans to conduct a survey on key sewage pipes across Japan in response to the road collapse that ...

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 truck ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Emergency services have been struggling to find the 74-year-old driver since the truck plunged into a chasm that appeared near Tokyo two weeks ago. A truck cabin swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan ...

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 hole suddenly opened up at an intersection in the city of Yashio, about a 30-minute drive north of Tokyo, during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, swallowing the lorry. The initial sinkhole ...