A tragic accident in Saitama shows how aging pipes, soft soil and climate threats are straining the country’s infrastructure.

Three months after his truck plunged into a sinkhole near Tokyo, the body of a 74-year-old driver has been recovered. In January the three-ton truck fell into a hole that suddenly appeared on the road ...

A body found inside a massive sinkhole that opened at an intersection near Tokyo three months ago has been confirmed as that ...

The body of a truck driver has been recovered, three months after his vehicle fell into a sinkhole that suddenly appeared while he was driving on a road near Tokyo.

After nearly three months of complex recovery efforts, the body of a 74-year-old truck driver was found late last week ...

Rescue efforts were halted as local firefighters, with support from the Tokyo Fire Department and other agencies, tried to drain the two sinkholes. On the evening of Jan. 29, they restarted the ...

A body found inside the cab of a truck that fell into a sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture in January has been identified as the truck's 74-year-old driver, prefectural police said Wednesday.