A truck cabin swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan has been found in a sewer pipe and may contain the body of its missing driver, ...

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 ...

One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year is the need to improve hazard maps that visualize projected data for natural hazards. Hazard maps ...

“I fear the effect may be prolonged. We are asking companies and facilities to cooperate with us as much as possible,” Saitama Gov. Motohiro Ono said after the meeting. Japan’s Nissan Motor to Cut ...

Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls around 9:50 ... In 2016, a massive sinkhole appeared on a five-lane street in Hakata, Japan. That sinkhole caused blackouts and traffic delays ...

Japan - January 28, 2025 YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture ...

Night - Clear. Winds from SW to WSW. The overnight low will be 29 °F (-1.7 °C). Sunny with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 17 mph (6.4 to 27.4 kph). Mostly sunny today with a high of ...

A massive sinkhole engulfed a truck at a Saitama prefectural road intersection on Tuesday morning, trapping the driver and triggering an extensive rescue operation. According to Jiji Press ...

A truck fell into a sinkhole about 5 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep at an intersection on Tuesday in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture ... Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Japan’s Nissan ...

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On Jan. 28, 2025, a massive sinkhole suddenly opened in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture ... How will Donald Trump’s re-election as U.S. president impact Japan? In this episode of Japan Today: ...