Japanese work crews have toiled around the clock to re-open a section of road just days after it was damaged by a sinkhole.

Local media in Fukuoka reported that the section of road had been virtually filled in within two days, according to The Guardian.

The sinkhole opened up on November 8 swallowing sewage pipes, traffic lights and street poles.

The repair took around one week. Photo: AAP.

Power, gas and phone services were disrupted after the incident.

However, the efficient Japanese work crew managed to get the road looking like nothing had occurred after only six days.

The road, before and after the sinkhole (Click to expand). Photo: Getty

Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima boasted the ground was now 30 times more robust than what it had been.

He said an investigation into the incident’s cause would be set up.

Crews worked around the clock. Photo: Getty

It took 6200 cubic metres of sand and cement to fill the sinkhole which was 30m wide, 27m long and 15m deep.

The sinkhole was apparently triggered by subway construction in the area, however this would be confirmed by the investigation.

No one was hurt in the incident, despite Fukuoka being the biggest city on Japan’s southernmost main island.

Japan has had a lot of practice at road repair in the past.

Similar feats of efficiency and grit were needed to swiftly reopen roads after the devastating 2011 earthquake in Japan.