A sinkhole up to about 30 meters wide remains open in the city of Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, which has marked one year after the hole formed and a truck fell into it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/japan/saitama-sinkhole-one-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sinkholes #saitama #yashio
Well that's an odd synchronicity. Sinkholes have opened up in England, Thailand and Norway. The first affecting a canal, the second a hospital, the third a railway and motorway. They don't seem to be causally related, but they're all at the top of the news this morning.
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Divers explore the unique Yab Yum cave. Close to 100 metres in diameter and more than 70 metres deep, it is considered the largest water-filled sinkhole that has ever been documented.
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An expert panel has concluded that a sinkhole that swallowed a truck in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, in January was created due to corrosion of a sewer pipe by hydrogen sulfide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/saitama-sinkhole-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sinkholes #saitama #yashio #sewage #motohiroono