The body of a truck driver has been recovered, three months after his vehicle fell into a sinkhole that suddenly appeared while he was driving on a road near Tokyo.

A tragic accident in Saitama shows how aging pipes, soft soil and climate threats are straining the country’s infrastructure.

According to the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, more than 10,500 sinkholes were found across Japan, many of them related to sewage facilities in urban areas. Yashio Mayor Shinobu Oyama, ...

A body found inside a massive sinkhole that opened at an intersection near Tokyo three months ago has been confirmed as that ...

TOKYO, Japan — Japanese rescuers have recovered the body of a truck driver who was swallowed by a huge sinkhole near Tokyo three months ago, an official said on Friday. A road in the city of Yashio ...

After nearly three months of complex recovery efforts, the body of a 74-year-old truck driver was found late last week ...

The body of a 74-year-old man has reportedly been found three months after his truck was swallowed by a large sinkhole in Japan. On Friday, May 2, a spokesperson for the local fire department ...

TOKYO — The body of a truck driver was recovered Friday three months after his vehicle fell into a sinkhole that suddenly appeared while he was driving on a road near Tokyo. The 3-ton truck fell ...

According to the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, more than 10,500 sinkholes were found across Japan, many of them related to sewage facilities in urban areas. Yashio Mayor Shinobu ...

Japanese rescuers have recovered the body of a truck driver who was swallowed by a huge sinkhole near Tokyo three months ago, an official said on Friday. A road in the city of Yashio caved in ...

A vehicle, top right, carrying a body, believed to be that of the driver found during a search inside the sewer pipe, leaves the scene of the road collapse accident on a street, Friday May 2, 2025 ...