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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Efforts to rescue a 74-year-old truck driver after his vehicle plunged into a sinkhole that opened up near Tokyo on Tuesday ...

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 ...

He spent nearly three years in a mountain cave with his dog. It was the beginning of an ordeal in the wild that spanned 43 years and eventually earned him the nickname “cave man.” ...

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 ...