Video taken on Feb. 5, 2025, shows the frozen plunge pool at the World Heritage-listed Nachi Falls in Nachikatsuura in ...

Saitama have been asked to refrain from non-essential use of water, like taking baths. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan — Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp Friday to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not been heard from since his vehicle was swallowed by a sinkhole this week. The ...

Officials said the driver had been stuck in the hole, approximately 20ft deep, for some eight hours after it formed at about ...

Japanese emergency services struggled for hours ... the sinkhole is about 33 feet wide — about the size of a swimming pool — and 20 feet deep. "Now, we're trying to see if we can pull up ...

Officials say corroded sewerage pipes created the sinkhole that is now 40 metres (130 feet) wide — nearly the size of an Olympic swimming pool — and 15 metres (50 feet) deep. Cranes have been ...

YASHIO, Japan – Emergency workers in Japan began ... The cavity has expanded to 40m across, almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool, since opening up in a city just north of Tokyo on ...

Tokyo (AFP) – A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan's ageing pipes. Emergency ...

Officials say corroded sewerage pipes created the sinkhole that is now 40 metres wide -- nearly the size of an Olympic swimming pool -- and 15 ... annually across Japan. Their occurence is ...

Yashio (Japan) (AFP) – Emergency workers in Japan ... almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool, since opening up in a city just north of Tokyo on Tuesday morning, officials said.