Japan weather agency warns of heavy rain as 2 typhoons approach

Japan's weather agency on Thursday warned of heavy rain along the Pacific coast from southwestern to eastern Japan over the coming days as two typhoons approached the country.JR Central, which operates shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo and Osaka, said some services could be canceled or delayed from the first departures on Saturday as Typhoon Mekkhala nears.The typhoon, this year's seventh, was located southeast of Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday evening and is forecast to approach areas along the Pacific coast of the Japanese archipelago through around Saturday. Typhoon…READ FULL ARTICLE