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

Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls ...

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The sinkhole, which has since been repaired, has been covered with new black tiles, in contrast to the old, light-brown tiles around it. Many passers-by have been seen strolling nonchalantly ...

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. Residents near the hole ...

Rescuers are racing to save a man swallowed by a massive sinkhole in Japan while driving a truck through an intersection, with a second sinkhole opening up and residents ordered to evacuate amid ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The Japanese sinkhole near Tokyo continued to grow on Friday as emergency crews continued their plan to install a temporary ramp 50 feet down to the floor to rescue a dump truck ...

Takashi Oguchi, a geographer from the University of Tokyo, said sinkholes are rare in Japan, where most roads are built on unconsolidated fluvial and marine sediments. But he warned that when a ...

A sinkhole opened up in the middle of an intersection in Japan on Tuesday and, unfortunately, a truck and its 74-year-old driver were swallowed during the dramatic incident. He is still trapped ...