The prefectural government of Saitama, north of Tokyo, has lifted its request, as of noon Wednesday, for residents to ...

The body of a truck’s missing 74-year-old driver could be inside the cabin that got sucked into a chasm near Tokyo, officials ...

A truck cabin that was swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan two weeks ago has been located in a nearby sewer pipe, authorities ...

A truck cabin swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan has been found in a sewer pipe and may contain the body of its missing driver, ...

Tuesday marked two weeks since a truck fell into a sinkhole on a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture.

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will designate in advance local governments that will dispatch relief ...

The company that owns the truck that fell in identified through drone footage that the metal object was a part of the vehicle ...

The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

The Anime Tourism Association released this year's list of "Anime Pilgrimage Sites People Should Visit", making the total number of such identified sites over 120 from over 100 di ...

Police in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, have arrested a 53-year-old man on suspicion of stealing cash from a donation box at a temple, and said the man has admitted to similar thefts at temples ...

The missing cabin of a truck swallowed by a huge sinkhole that emerged at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, was ...