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Bullet train services between Tokyo and Nagoya have been suspended throughout Friday, August 16 as Typhoon Ampil, the season’s seventh, is forecast to impact eastern Japan. The disruption coincides with the Bon summer holidays, a peak travel period for many Japanese, as reported by Kyodo News. As of mid-morning on August 16, the typhoon was around 100 kilometres to the southeast of Tokyo, the sprawling Japanese capital of 14mn at its core and 30mn in the Greater Tokyo area. It is currently moving north at a speed of around 20 kilometres per hour (kph) and has a registered atmospheric pressure …

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