Tokyo, Feb 4, 2025 (AFP) - Japan's Olympic pool-sized sinkhole highlights risk of old pipes

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2025-02-04

A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan's ageing pipes. Emergency workers have been striving in vain to reach the 74-year-old man, who rescuers have had no contact with for a week, and who was likely buried under sediment and sewage water in the sinkhole in the city of Yashio. Officials say corroded sewerage pipes created the sinkhole......

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