Ambulance and construction vehicles sit parked outside the Sasago tunnel in the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, some 80 kms west of Tokyo on...
Takekazu Kaneko , president of Central Nippon Expressway, operator of the Sasago tunnel, visits the tunnel scene where part of the inside wall...
Gigantic self-propelled dolly enters Sasago tunnel as Chuo Expressway begins removal of collapsed ceiling after the accident that left nine dead on...
Member of a fire brigade answers questions for the media outside the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi...
Flower bunches offered by the relatives of the victims lie on the road at the accident site of Sasago Tunnel on February 3, 2013 in Otsuki,...
Workers operate emergency safety check at Tsuburano tunnel, same stracture as collapsed Sasago tunnel on December 3, 2012 in Yamakita, Kanagawa,...
Workers operate emergency safety check at Tsuburano tunnel, same stracture as collapsed Sasago tunnel on December 3, 2012 in Yamakita, Kanagawa,...
Crashed car, in which 5 people were killed by the collapsed concrete ceiling panels is finally taken out from Sasago Tunnel of the Chuo expressway on...
Workers operate emergency safety check at Kanmon tunnel, same stracture as collapsed Sasago tunnel on December 3, 2012 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan....
Workers operate emergency safety check by hitting the concrete ceiling with hummer at Enasan tunnel, same stracture as collapsed Sasago tunnel on...
Workers operate emergency safety check by hitting the concrete ceiling with hummer at Enasan tunnel, same stracture as collapsed Sasago tunnel on...
Workers operate emergency safety check at Kanmon tunnel, same stracture as collapsed Sasago tunnel on December 3, 2012 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan....
An operation vehicle carries blocks of concrete from the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms...
Picture shows a view of the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of Tokyo on December 3,...
Media reporters gather on a bridge to cover the operation of removing concrete from the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki...
Picture shows the entrance of the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of Tokyo on...
Picture shows a view of the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of Tokyo on December 3,...
Picture shows a view of the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of Tokyo on December 3,...
Picture shows a view of the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of Tokyo on December 3,...
An operation vehicle carries blocks of concrete from the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms...
An operation vehicle carries blocks of concrete from the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms...
Media reporters gather to cover the removing of concrete from the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi...
Media reporters gather to cover the removing of concrete from the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi...
Media reporters gather to cover the removing of concrete from the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi...
An operation vehicle carries blocks of concrete from the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms...
An operation vehicle carries blocks of concrete from the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms...
Japanese Transport Minister Yuichiro Hata inspects the scene at the Sasago tunnel where part of the inside wall collapsed near the city of Otsuki in...
Smoke rises from the entrance of Sasago Tunnel of the Chuo expressway on December 2, 2012 in Otsuki, Yamanashi, Japan. The concrete ceiling panels of...
Rescue works continue in the snow at Sasago Tunnel of the Chuo expressway on December 2, 2012 in Kofu, Japan. The concrete ceiling panels of the...
Operation vehicles continue with the rescue as they enter the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture,...
Operation vehicles continue with the rescue as they enter the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture,...
While in the snowfall, rescue workers and police gather outside the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi...
Rescue workers and police gather outside the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of...
Rescue workers and police gather outside the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of...
Rescue workers and police gather outside the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of...
Rescue workers and police gather outside the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of...
Rescue workers and police gather outside the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of...
Rescue workers and police gather outside the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of...
Rescue workers and police gather outside the Sasago tunnel along the Chuo highway near the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, 80 kms west of...
Police vehicles block the road leading to the entrance of the collapsed Sasago tunnel on the Chuo expressway in Koshu city, Yamanashi prefecture,...
Police officers walk on the road leading to the entrance of the collapsed Sasago tunnel on the Chuo expressway in Koshu city, Yamanashi prefecture,...
Rescue workers and policeman gather alongside emergency services vehicles on the road leading to the entrance of the collapsed Sasago tunnel on the...
Rescue workers and policeman gather alongside emergency services vehicles on the road leading to the entrance of the collapsed Sasago tunnel on the...
Rescue workers and policeman gather alongside emergency services vehicles on the road leading to the entrance of the collapsed Sasago tunnel on the...
Policeman stands guard in front of emergency service vehicles on the road leading to the entrance of the collapsed Sasago tunnel on the Chuo...
Police and fire workers stand alongside emergency services vehicles outside the entrance of the collapsed Sasago tunnel on the Chuo expressway in...
Bereaved family members of the victims of the Sasago Tunnel collapse on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, mourn at a...
Mourners including bereaved family members of the victims of the Sasago Tunnel collapse on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of...
Bereaved family members of the victims of the Sasago Tunnel collapse on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, lay flowers at a...
The Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is pictured on Dec. 2 the fifth anniversary of its ceiling collapse...
Bereaved family members of the victims of the Sasago Tunnel collapse on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, attends a...
The Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is pictured on Dec. 2 the fourth anniversary of its ceiling collapse...
Mourners including the bereaved family members of the victims of the Sasago Tunnel collapse on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of...
Japan - A group of bereaved parents of five of the nine killed in the December 2012 ceiling collapse in the Sasago Tunnel head for the Yokohama...
Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopters shows the Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central...
Japan - The Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, becomes fully operational on Feb. 8...
Japan - The Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, becomes fully operational on Feb. 8...
Japan - The site of the fatal collapse of an interior roof on Dec. 2 in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of...
Japan - The site of the fatal collapse of an interior roof on Dec. 2 in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of...
Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15 for...