Authorities in Saitama Prefecture received a call at about ... Officials said the front end of the dump truck appeared to have lodged in the dirt at the bottom of the sinkhole, making it difficult ...

Rainwater from a newly cracked underground pipe is believed to be leaking water inside the sinkhole, loosening its dirt walls ... all hostages by Saturday or face 'intense fighting' Feb. 11 ...

A massive sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan's aging pipes. Emergency workers ...

SAITAMA—A drone sent into a sewage pipe below a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio city detected what appears to be a truck cabin, but the driver was not found. The object is about 3 meters ...

Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, were urged to evacuate Sunday, with efforts to rescue a man stuck inside reportedly halted ...

TOKYO - An object was found on Feb 5 in a section of a sewage pipe downstream from the site of a sinkhole in a road in Yashio, Saitama prefecture, according to sources close to the prefectural ...

Authorities are still struggling to rescue a 74-year-old truck driver who has been trapped in a massive sinkhole in eastern Saitama Prefecture since Jan. 28. The biggest challenge for the ...

Authorities in Saitama Prefecture announced Wednesday that they have discovered what appears to be the cabin of a truck inside a sewer pipe downstream from the site of a road collapse that ...

YASHIO, Saitama Prefecture—The rescue operation ... The rainwater is apparently pushing sand and dirt into a ruptured sewer pipe further underground that is believed to have been the original ...

Diners in Japan looking to savor the flavors of the historic Silk Road need look only as far as southern Saitama. Just a short car ride west from Kita Urawa Station, on National Highway 17 ...

A truck pulled out from a sinkhole is seen at the scene without its driver’s cabin, in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo on Friday. Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA-EFE Man Lost His Wife and ...

But did you know there's now a "face BBL?" The Brazilian butt lift − a popular and controversial cosmetic procedure − has inspired a new plastic surgery term, though doctors say the procedure ...