On Sunday, five households near the sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture were asked to evacuate and take shelter by local ...

A civic group is leading the effort, seeking to honour the victims and provide closure for their families Eighty-three years after a devastating flood in the Chosei coal mine in southern Japan claimed ...

Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more ...

Rescue work continues to be difficult at an intersection near Tokyo where the road caved in, trapping the driver of a truck ...

Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp on Friday (Jan 31) to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not ...

Reigando cave--mysterious, magical and wonderful ... It is part of the series "Lisa’s Wanderings Around Japan," which depicts various places across the country through the perspective of ...

Or in Japanese, “If there were a hole ... The national historic site is a group of horizontal cave tombs built in the late Kofun Tumulus Period (late sixth century to late seventh century).

Thai media have interviewed friends of the boys, some of whom said the group had sweets and flashlights when they entered the cave. Satoshi Goto is chairman of the Speleological Society of Japan ...