Huge sinkhole disrupts Fukuoka, linked to subway work

Huge sinkhole disrupts Fukuoka, linked to subway work

Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima speaks at a press conference in the southwestern Japan city on Nov. 8, 2016, after a huge sinkhole opened up beneath a major road near JR Hakata Station earlier in the day. While there were no immediate reports of injury, the city office said it suspects ongoing construction work for the Nanakuma Line subway may have caused the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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