In Photos: Heavy rain strikes Japan in wake of rare June typhoon
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The area in front of JR Nagoya Station's shinkansen ticket gates is seen crowded after services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train lines were suspended due to heavy rain on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)
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People walk in torrential rain, holding umbrellas with both hands, in Nagoya's Nakamura Ward on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)
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A worker at Kanayama Station in Nagoya's Naka Ward provides information on the operational status of trains amid heavy rain on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)
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The JR Kansai Line train tracks are flooded by the overflowing Yamato River in the Nara Prefecture town of Sango on June 2, 2023. Sango Station is seen in the background right. (Mainichi/Hitoshi Kumagai)
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Passengers wait for the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train lines to resume operations at JR Nagoya Station in the city's Nakamura Ward after heavy rainfall brought services to a halt on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)
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A woman walks with a child on her back on a flooded road in the Wakayama Prefecture city of Kainan on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Manae Otsuka)
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People with umbrellas walk in heavy rain in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo's Minato Ward on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Koichiro Tezuka)
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Rainwater leaks into JR Tokyo Station while the Tokaido Shinkansen and other trains remain suspended due to heavy rain on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Toshiki Miyama)
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Long lines are seen in front of bus stops at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, after heavy rains brought rail services to a halt on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Tomoe Saito)
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The Tone River rages after heavy rainfall caused the river to swell in the Gunma Prefecture town of Minakami on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Ryotaro Nishimoto)
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A bulletin board at JR Shin-Osaka Station informing passengers of shinkansen bullet train service delays and suspended operations east of the station is seen in Osaka's Yodogawa Ward on June 2, 2023. (Mainichi/Masashi Mimura)