A 74-year-old truck driver remains trapped in a sinkhole that opened earlier this week in Yashio, Japan.

A massive sinkhole in Yashio, northeast of Tokyo, swallowed a truck, trapping its 74-year-old driver. Rescue efforts are hindered by unstable ground...

Attempts in Japan to retrieve the man were temporarily halted early on Wednesday after a second sinkhole appeared

Residents near Tokyo question slow pace of effort to rescue 74-year-old as workers race to build 30-metre ramp

Hopes fade for a trapped truck driver as unstable ground and rising water hinder Japan’s sinkhole rescue efforts.

TOKYO: Rescuers were on Wednesday trying to save a Japanese truck driver stuck in a sinkhole for more than 24 hours as local residents were evacuated...

TOKYO: Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a sinkhole near Tokyo.

TOKYO — Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on Saturday to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, officials said, four days after his...

Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of Tokyo.

Emergency services in Saitama, Japan, worked continuously to rescue a truck driver trapped in a 20-feet deep, 33-feet wide sinkhole. The collapse has...