Officials said the driver had been stuck in the hole, approximately 20ft deep, for some eight hours after it formed at about ...

In Japan, a sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool appeared in the city of Yashio, swallowing a truck and its driver.

The cavity has expanded to 40m across, almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool, since opening up in a city just north ...

A truck and its driver have been swallowed by a sinkhole on a busy intersection in Japan, officials say, with a rescue operation under way. The driver was still trapped in the vehicle eight hours ...

Another sinkhole has since opened up nearby, and residents within a 650-foot radius had been evacuated, a spokesman said.

Officials say corroded sewerage pipes created the sinkhole that is now 40m wide – nearly the size of an Olympic swimming pool – and 15m ... annually across Japan. Their occurrence is trending ...

Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp on Friday (Jan 31) to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not ...

The driver was able to talk with rescuers but they retreated after the area around the hole became unstable, a spokesperson ...

A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, ...

A large sinkhole appeared at a busy intersection in a Japanese city on Tuesday, swallowing a rubbish truck and trapping its ...

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. Emergency ...