Another sinkhole has since opened up nearby, and residents within a 650-foot radius had been evacuated, a spokesman said.

A truck driver has spent more than 24 hours trapped under a Japan sinkhole that swallowed his vehicle in the greater Tokyo area.

In Japan, a sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool appeared in the city of Yashio, swallowing a truck and its driver.

Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened. The sinkhole appeared in Yashio city in Saitama prefecture, near the capital Tokyo,

The driver was able to talk with rescuers but they retreated after the area around the hole became unstable, a spokesperson said.

A truck fell into a five-metre deep sinkhole at a traffic junction on Tuesday (January 28) in Japan's Saitama Prefecture. Real Madrid first club to generate 1 billion euros revenue in a season, Deloitte says What happens now that the Supreme Court upheld the Tiktok ban?

Emergency workers were searching for a missing driver on Wednesday after a large sinkhole swallowed a truck near Tokyo.