Typhoon Lan began its northward journey over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday after bringing torrential rains mostly to western parts of Japan, where it left over 60 people injured and disrupted train services during the peak of the summer holiday season.
Direct bullet train services connecting the capital and Hakata in southwestern Japan were suspended on Wednesday due to heavy rain in central Japan but resumed later in the day.
Operations on the Sanyo Shinkansen line between Shin-Osaka and Hakata stations resumed at around 12:30 p.m., while Tokaido Shinkansen services between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations restarted at 2:10 p.m., according to operators West Japan Railway Co. and Central Japan Railway Co.
JR Central said around 305,000 customers were affected due to the suspension and delays of the Tokaido Shinkansen services.
A total of 64 people across nine prefectures sustained injuries, many of them residents of Hyogo and Osaka prefectures, according to a Fire and Disaster Management Agency tally.
Typhoon Lan made landfall on the Kii Peninsula in western Japan early Tuesday, becoming the first typhoon to cross the Japanese coast this year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. It then moved across Osaka Bay and landed again around Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, later that day.
In nearby Tottori Prefecture, where the most severe rain alert was issued on Tuesday, mudslides have isolated approximately 1,800 residents by blocking roads and causing the collapse of two bridges.
At 9 p.m. Wednesday, the typhoon was traveling north over the Sea of Japan, with an atmospheric pressure of 990 hectopascals and winds of up to 108 kilometers per hour, according to the weather agency.
The agency has warned of the typhoon's potential impact on eastern to northern Japan along the Sea of Japan coast through Thursday.
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