Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened.

Another sinkhole has since opened up nearby, and residents within a 650-foot radius had been evacuated, a spokesman said.

The driver was able to talk with rescuers but they retreated after the area around the hole became unstable, a spokesperson ...

Japanese authorities have asked 1.2 million people to cut back on showers and laundry to prevent leaking sewage aggravating ...

A rescue operation is underway for a 74-year-old truck driver who was driving a vehicle that fell into a sinkhole in Yashio ...

A sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool swallowed a driver and his truck in Yashio City, Japan on Monday morning.

The sinkhole suddenly opened at an intersection in the city of Yashio. A second sinkhole nearby is hampering rescue efforts.

The driver of the truck could communicate with rescue teams when his truck was first swallowed, but there are fears for his ...

Emergency workers were searching for a missing driver on Wednesday after a large sinkhole swallowed a truck near Tokyo.

A massive sinkhole opened on a road in Japan's Saitama Prefecture. Rescue efforts are underway a truck that fell into the ...

A truck fell into a five-metre deep sinkhole at a traffic junction on Tuesday (January 28) in Japan's Saitama Prefecture.

TOKYO -- An oval-shaped pit suddenly formed on a busy road in Yashio, Japan, on Tuesday, taking down a truck and trapping the ...