Japan's weather agency warned Thursday that a typhoon set to make landfall in the western part of the country Friday afternoon could bring heavy rain and cause landslides and flooding.Typhoon Chanthu, this year's 14th typhoon, is forecast to move from the East China Sea to the Tsushima Strait on Friday before crossing from western to eastern Japan over the weekend, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.The agency previously forecast that the typhoon would turn into an extratropical cyclone before approaching the southwestern main island of Kyushu.JR West said it will suspend most shinkansen …READ FULL ARTICLE
