Police officers and rescue members prepare for a rescue mission in Yashio, northeast of Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, two days after a truck fell into the sinkhole made on a street Tuesday.

Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 130 feet wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Japanese emergency crews worked through Tuesday to free a man driving a dump truck that fell through a large sinkhole that opened up at an intersection in Yashio, near Tokyo.

Three months after his truck plunged into a sinkhole near Tokyo, the body of a 74-year-old driver has been recovered.. In January the three-ton truck fell into a hole that suddenly appeared on the ...

The above-left image shows the initial sinkhole in the intersection, along with the second hole that emerged soon after. The two have since merged to form a single cave-in roughly 130 feet across ...

Rescue officials are working to stop water from flowing into a sinkhole north of Tokyo, as it could hinder their search for a truck driver trapped in the hole. A truck, driven by a 74-year-old man ...

An enormous sinkhole the size of a swimming pool swallowed up a truck with the driver still inside at a busy intersection in Japan this week.. According to NBC News, the incident unfolded around ...

Body Of Truck Driver, Who Fell In Sinkhole, Found After 3 Months In Tokyo A road in the city of Yashio caved in during morning rush hour in late January while the 74-year-old man was driving his ...

Japan battles Tokyo sinkhole to rescue man trapped for 2 days Fate of 74-year man is unclear as he is unable to speak, according to reports. Amir Latif Arain | 29.01.2025 - Update : 29.01.2025 .

Similar sinkholes have appeared in other areas in Japan. Water is gushing out of a 2-meter-wide hole which opened in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The hole is believed to have formed as water ...

A giant sinkhole that was hastily repaired in Japan earlier this month is showing signs of movement. Traffic was stopped at the busy intersection in Japanese city of Fukuoka on the weekend after ...