Trains, flights on Aug. 15 canceled as Typhoon Lan heads to western Japan

Some shinkansen bullet train services and flights are set to be canceled as a strong typhoon remains on course to make landfall on the Pacific coast of western Japan on Tuesday, affecting many people during the annual Bon holidays, the weather agency and operators said.With Japan bracing for the arrival of Typhoon Lan, Central Japan Railway Co. said all of its services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka stations will be canceled Tuesday, as will West Japan Railway Co. for its bullet train services between Shin-Osaka and Okayama stations.JR Central has said shinkans…READ FULL ARTICLE