WHAT HAPPENED The incident has captured national attention since the sinkhole suddenly appeared in Yashio, just northeast of Tokyo, during the morning rush hour on Jan 28. The hole, which was ...

TOKYO - An object was found on Feb 5 in a section of a sewage pipe downstream from the site of a sinkhole in a road in ... Local governments across Japan have also been conducting emergency ...

A massive sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan's aging pipes. Emergency workers ...

TOKYO - 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 ...

4, 2025, a week after the sinkhole opened, as efforts to rescue ... the water level (in the pipe) has gone down." (Japanese original by Shoko Washizu and Hiroki Masuda, Saitama Bureau) ...

6, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Nagoya City Waterworks and Sewerage Bureau)(Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A 2-meter-wide sinkhole emerged on a road in Nagoya, central Japan, on Thursday morning ...

What followed was a grueling rescue effort hindered by unstable ground, flooding and the unexpected expansion of the sinkhole into a massive crater. So, what caused this disaster? And could it happen ...

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