A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, ...

Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp today to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not been heard from since his vehicle was swallowed by a sinkhole this week. The cavity ...

The man reportedly became trapped inside his truck when it fell into a sinkhole on Tuesday, Jan. 28 Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has previously appeared in ...

Emergency workers in Japan are struggling to rescue a truck driver who has spent three days stuck in a massive sinkhole in a city just north of Tokyo. The 74-year-old man, who has not been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rescue personnel continued efforts to clear debris in an expanding sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture on Friday in the hope of saving a man trapped as the crucial 72-hour threshold of survival passed.

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 ...