A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as the rescue operation of the driver has dragged on for days.

Japanese authorities urge evacuation as a massive sinkhole in Saitama grows, hampering rescue efforts to free an elderly truck driver.

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 ...

Rescuers are now four days into their efforts to reach the elderly driver of a truck that was swallowed by a sinkhole that appeared beneath an intersection in Saitama prefecture, roughly 20 miles ...

An enormous sinkhole the size of a swimming pool swallowed up a truck with the driver still inside at a busy intersection in the Japanese city of Yashio.

Tokyo: Japanese rescuers have recovered the body of a truck driver who was swallowed by a huge sinkhole near Tokyo three months ago, an official said on Friday. A road in the city of Yashio caved ...

Rescuers battled to rescue a man in a truck trapped for two days in a huge sinkhole near the capital Tokyo on Wednesday. His fate, however, is unclear as water accumulating in the hole hindered ...

A large sinkhole swallowed a truck Tuesday after appearing at an intersection near Tokyo, with a man rescued following the incident. Police received an emergency call at around 9:50 a.m. after the ...

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.

The government of Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, says searchers have found what seems to be the cab of the truck that fell into the hole two weeks ago. It says the driver is likely to be inside.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan 28, 2025 shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo. A dump truck fell onto the hole that is 10 meters wide and ...