This photo combo shows a huge sinkhole, left, on a major road near JR Hakata Station in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Nov. 8, 2016 and the road reopening, right, on Nov. 15 after being ...

The sinkhole, which was 98 feet wide and 49 feet deep, opened at 5AM local time last week. Although it caused power outages in the area, no one was injured, The Guardian reports.

A massive five-lane wide sinkhole in the Japanese city of Fukuoka that was repaired in just four days is sinking again, prompting city officials to stop traffic at the busy intersection. When the ...

In just one week, Japan was able to fill in a massive hole with 247,000 cubic feet of dirt, repair damages to their underground utilities, and re-pave the road.

Recently in Japan, a large patch of busy road suddenly became a 15-metre-deep hole, ... Japan’s incredible sinkhole repair is a reminder of how the internet can inspire us to do better.

A giant sinkhole in Japan that was apparently fixed within two days - in a repair that impressed the world - has been closed off once more after the ground began sinking again.. The enormous chasm ...

A sinkhole is seen being repaired in Fukuoka on June 10, 2025. (Kyodo) FUKUOKA(Kyodo) -- The Fukuoka city government on Wednesday morning completed the repair of a 4-meter-long sinkhole that had ...

Sinkholes are increasingly common in Japanese cities, as many have ageing sewage pipeline infrastructure. Officials say that it could take two or three years to repair the sewer rupture.

Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls ...

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