A sinkhole accident in Yashio is believed to have been caused by damage to an underground sewage pipe. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The 34-year-old man, named only as Park, was found 164 ft underground, around 17 hours the ground opened up in the Meyongil-dong district of the South Korean capital.

Japan plans to invest over 20 trillion yen ($134 billion) in the five years from fiscal 2026 to enhance the country's ...

Since January, residents of Koganei, a city in western Tokyo, have received numerous ... weakened the road’s foundation, leading to a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its driver.

A startup established by officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is going to start a business of forecasting risks of damage in underground sewage pipes by utilizing data sent from ...

Aono was assigned the sailing number “2774” and competed in the Liberty Division for yachts with a motorized rudder. Aono won ...

Local accident has national ramifications. Three Kyodo News reporters -- Peter Masheter, Eduardo Martinez and Takaki Tominaga -- talk about a sinkhole which emerged in a city just outside Tokyo.