Disruption to shinkansen bullet train services in Japan spread Saturday amid heavy rain as a slow-moving typhoon lingered in western Japan. JR Central suspended its Tokaido Shinkansen trains between Gifu-Hashima and Maibara on Saturday morning due to heavy rain caused by Typhoon Shanshan. With services between Tokyo and Nagoya already halted, most of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line was paralyzed Saturday morning. The company said it plans to resume services on the eastern section of the line between Tokyo and Mishima later Saturday but operations between Mishima and Nagoya will remain suspended th…