Wildfires have plagued Japan for generations. Tragedies have fueled the nation to learn more, and stop tragedies elsewhere.

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A driver whose truck was swallowed by a sinkhole two weeks ago is yet to be found, as authorities say it could take three months to access the site near Tokyo.

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The body of a truck’s missing 74-year-old driver could be inside the cabin that got sucked into a chasm near Tokyo, officials ...

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Saitama Prefecture officials said the search for a missing 74-year-old truck stuck in a large sinkhole shifted to an ...

Firefighters have stopped searching for a truck driver in a sinkhole near Tokyo, Japan, after nearly two weeks. Rescue ...

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

Five families living in the vicinity of a sinkhole in Japan have been told to evacuate as the crater continued to expand, days after swallowing a truck along with its driver. The sinkhole in ...

(Mainichi/Hiroaki Goto) KASUGA, Fukuoka -- Three Self-Defense Force members here have been given letters of appreciation by the local fire station ... a full recovery." (Japanese original by ...