Jan 30, 2025 · Rescuers in Japan are working to pull a truck driver to safety after his vehicle fell into a large sinkhole. The swimming pool-sized sinkhole in Yashio City, Saitama prefecture, first opened on Tuesday (28 January) on a road, swallowing a truck.

Remember that monster sinkhole that opened in the heart of Fukuoka, Japan, swallowing parts of the main street and growing to more than half the size of an Olympic pool (30m)? Well, people in Japan...

Jan 29, 2025 · Rescuers were on Wednesday trying to save a Japanese truck driver stuck in a large sinkhole for more than 24 hours as local residents were evacuated over fears gas pipes could break.

Jan 29, 2025 · Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls...

Nov 28, 2016 · A giant sinkhole in Japan that was apparently fixed within two days - in a repair that impressed the world - has been closed off once more after the ground began sinking again. The enormous...

In 2016, a giant sinkhole swallowed an entire street in Fukuoka, Japan. Caused by underground metro construction and water erosion, this hole was 30 meters wide and 15 meters deep. But the...

Jan 29, 2025 · A swimming pool-sized sinkhole — estimated to be 33 feet wide and 20 feet deep — emerged in a road near Tokyo on Tuesday, swallowing up a truck with the driver inside. The driver was still...

Nov 28, 2016 · A huge sinkhole in Japan that hit the headlines when it was filled in after just 48 hours has started to sink again. Workers in the city of Fukuoka were only recently praised for their speed for...

Nov 29, 2016 · Part of the road that was rebuilt after a massive sinkhole in downtown Fukuoka, Japan, was closed off over the weekend when authorities noticed the pavement had sunk slightly. According to local news site The Japan Times, officials said a special mixture of soil and cement might have caused a section of the pavement to sink

Nov 16, 2016 · A monster sinkhole opened up in Fukuoka, Japan earlier this month, swallowing large sections of the road and traffic lights with it. The shocking event was caught on video and left a gaping hole 30 meters (98 ft) long, 27 meters (88 ft) wide and 15 meters (49 ft) deep.