For almost 20 years, the Japanese sewer system has repeatedly proven ... by rainfall – the impressive underground ...

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

1.2 million residents across 12 cities and towns of Saitama Prefecture in Japan were told to use less water following the merging of sinkholes in Japan on Jan. 30. According to Kyodo News, the ...

Water inside a large sinkhole near Tokyo continued Wednesday to hamper efforts to rescue a man in a truck trapped inside, ...

On a recent day, a new sewage treatment system started operations ... July 2021 and June 2022. Tokyo previously said it had been eliminating phosphorus from sewer water since releasing untreated ...

According to local firefighters and others, the first hole emerged on a prefectural road in the city of Yashio around 9:50 a.m. Tuesday, apparently because of a break in a major underground sewer ...