OSAKA, Aug 11 (Kyodo/APP): Some bullet train services in western and southwestern Japan were canceled all day Sunday due to heavy rain, operator JR West said.
Services were canceled on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line between Hiroshima and Hakata stations after they were halted at 1:30 p.m., the operator said. Trains between Shin-Osaka and Hiroshima were also delayed as bullet trains needed to return from Hiroshima or Okayama to Shin-Osaka.
Certain sections of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, which runs between Tokyo and Osaka, were suspended for 25 minutes in the afternoon before resuming, operator JR Central said.
Heavy rain continued in southwestern Fukuoka Prefecture, in the northern Kyushu region, and in western Yamaguchi Prefecture as the weather agency warned of landslides and flooding.