The sinkhole suddenly opened at an intersection in the Japanese city of Yashio. A second sinkhole nearby is hampering rescue ...

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

A truck fell into a five-metre deep sinkhole at a traffic junction on Tuesday (January 28) in Japan's Saitama Prefecture.

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