The sinkhole also damaged the stormwater system, raising the risk of flooding when spring and summer rains arrive. Japan has seen an uptick in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather like ...

There's also been a renewed debate about Japan’s aging infrastructure. Just after the sinkhole appeared in Yashio City, just northeast of Tokyo, on Tuesday morning a 3-ton truck fell into it.

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

Five families living in the vicinity of a sinkhole in Japan have been told to evacuate as the crater continued to expand, days after swallowing a truck along with its driver. The sinkhole in ...

Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened. The sinkhole appeared in Yashio city in Saitama prefecture ...

Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were urged ... On Saturday, Japanese rescuers completed building a 30-metre slope to send heavy equipment ...

The sinkhole suddenly opened up during morning rush hour an intersection north of Tokyo, swallowing the lorry - Copyright JIJI Press/AFP STR The sinkhole suddenly ...

The method of fixing a sinkhole might vary, but often authorities will fill them in. Paul explained that filling them with ...

There’s also been a renewed debate about Japan’s aging infrastructure. Just after the sinkhole appeared in Yashio City, just northeast of Tokyo, on Tuesday morning a 3-ton truck fell into it.