The Japanese city of Osaka has banned smoking on the streets in an apparent effort to smarten up the city and make it more ...

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A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as ...

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Emergency workers were searching for a missing driver on Wednesday after a large sinkhole swallowed a truck near Tokyo. A 10-metre-wide sinkhole opened up in the middle of a street on Tuesday morning ...

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

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