It is believed to be caused by a sewer rupture. Search teams are unable to enter the 5m-wide pipe due to continuous water flow and high levels of hydrogen sulfide or sewer gas, Saitama Governor ...

Governor Motohiro Ono of Saitama prefecture, where Yashio is located, said it will take about three months to build a temporary bypass pipe to stop water flow. Rescuers must now wait for the ...

A truck driver has spent more than 24 hours trapped under a Japan sinkhole that swallowed his vehicle in the greater Tokyo ...

The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism visited the unresolved sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama ...