Slow-moving Typhoon Lan made landfall on the Kii Peninsula in western Japan on Tuesday, the weather agency said, disrupting air and train services and causing havoc for travelers returning from their summer holidays.
The agency has warned of heavy rains in eastern, central and western Japan and urged residents to stay alert for possible dangerous flooding, landslides and strong winds.
Central Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co. have already canceled all bullet train services between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka stations and those between Shin-Osaka and Okayama stations throughout Tuesday.
Expressway operators have said they may partially close networks in areas likely to be impacted by the typhoon.
The typhoon, which made landfall shortly before 5 a.m., was moving in a northwesterly direction near Cape Shionomisaki in Wakayama Prefecture as of 6 a.m., the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
It had an atmospheric pressure of 980 hectopascals with winds of up to 144 kilometers per hour.
