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

This is in a bid to make Osaka's streets more visitor-friendly ahead of April's World Expo. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

A sinkhole the size of a swimming pool opened up on a busy street in Japan, swallowing a truck and trapping the driver.

TOKYO: The Japanese city of Osaka on Monday (Jan 27) imposed a smoking ban on public streets as part of efforts to become more visitor-friendly ahead of this year's World Expo. Around 160 ...

Only four of Tokyo's 23 wards ban street smoking of both traditional cigarettes and heated tobacco products and impose fines ...