TOKYO (Japan News/ANN): A start-up established ... As it is believed that a sinkhole accident in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, was caused by damage to an underground sewage pipe, the start-up ...

northeast of Tokyo. Television footage captured the asphalt road cracking and collapsing into the sinkhole, knocking down billboards. At first the sinkhole was roughly 33-feet wide and 16-feet ...

Japan plans to invest over 20 trillion yen ($134 billion) in the five years from fiscal 2026 to enhance the country's resilience to n ...

Around 24 percent of Japan's traffic lights in fiscal 2023 were recognized as being past their replacement date, the National Police ...

Japanese emergency services worked tirelessly to rescue a truck driver that fell into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo, estimated to be 33 feet wide, roughly the size of a swimming pool and 20 feet deep.

Since January, residents of Koganei, a city in western Tokyo, have received numerous ... weakened the road’s foundation, leading to a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its driver.

The hole suddenly opened up at an intersection in the city of Yashio, about a 30-minute drive north of Tokyo, during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, swallowing the lorry. The initial sinkhole ...

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A startup established by officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is going to start a business of forecasting risks of damage in underground sewage pipes by utilizing data sent from ...

One person has been killed after a massive sinkhole opened up in Seoul, the fire department said Tuesday, with harrowing video footage showing the moment his vehicle was swallowed by the hole. The ...

A large sinkhole in Jackson, Mississippi, at the intersection of North Denver and Long streets, is big enough to swallow a car. The sinkhole, previously a pothole with a ragweed plant, is believed ...