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 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 ...