{"id":42878,"date":"2026-04-09T03:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42878"},"modified":"2026-04-09T03:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:49:38","slug":"tunnel-collapses-at-hokkaido-shinkansen-extension-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42878","title":{"rendered":"Tunnel collapses at Hokkaido Shinkansen extension construction site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">HOKKAIDO &#8211; A section of ceiling at a Hokkaido Shinkansen tunnel excavation site in Otaru, Hokkaido, collapsed, causing soil and debris to pour in.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Workers found the collapse of the Sasson Tunnel located about 200m underground in a forested area of Otaru at about 7pm (6pm Singapore time) on April 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">There were no injuries to workers or damage to heavy machinery.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, which is overseeing the project, has suspended excavation work and is investigating the cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">At the construction site, workers were removing excavated soil from the tunnel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">There is a possibility that the ground near the site has subsided, so the authorities plan to conduct an aerial survey using drones. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">There is currently no timeline for resuming construction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Construction is under way to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto in Hokuto to Sapporo. The Sasson Tunnel is part of the extension. THE JAPAN NEWS\/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/tunnel-collapses-at-hokkaido-shinkansen-extension-construction-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOKKAIDO &#8211; A section of ceiling at a Hokkaido Shinkansen tunnel excavation site in Otaru, Hokkaido, collapsed, causing soil and debris to pour in. Workers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}