Yashio, Saitama, Japan - January 30, 2025 Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole ...

Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of ...

A sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a dump truck hole on Tuesday has now doubled in wide after combining with a second ...

A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as ...

Japanese region asks 1.2 million people to use less water to help sinkhole rescue - Japanese authorities have asked residents ...

YASHIO – the space between the two sinkholes that had already opened in a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, collapsed early on Thursday morning and expanded into an even larger hole. The ...

Night - Clear. Winds NW at 9 mph (14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 35 °F (1.7 °C). Sunny with a high of 56 °F (13.3 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). Mostly cloudy today ...

Tokyo posted a net population inflow for the third consecutive year in 2024, according to a report by the Internal Affairs ...

TOKYO, Jan 30 — Japanese authorities have asked 1.2 million people to cut back on showers and laundry to prevent leaking sewage aggravating an operation to rescue a truck driver in a sinkhole. The ...