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List of senior officials at the Headquarters (as of April 2024)

Director-General MORI Takashi
  Deputy Director-General IWATSUKI Masahiro
  Deputy Director-General for Disaster Risk Reduction NOMURA Ryoichi
    Administration Department  
    Director-General FUJITA Reiko
      Counselor for Research and Development ISHIDA Junichi
      Counselor for Disaster Risk Reduction KAMAYA Noriko
      Director, General Affairs Division HIGUCHI Hiroshi
        Head, Office of Public Relations FUKAHATA Junichi
        Head, Office of Meteorological Service Evaluation KUNIMATSU Hiroshi
        Head, Office of Procurement TANAKA Takeshi
        Head, Office of Custodians OMATA Katsuyuki
      Director, Personnel Division YONEMITSU Yoshihiro
        Senior Coordinator for Personnel Affairs IKEDA Masaki
        Head, Office of Welfare and Annuity KOBAYASHI Yuji
      Director, Planning Division SAKAI Yoshitoshi
        Senior Coordinator for Risk Management AIZAWA Tatsuya
        Senior Coordinator for International Cooperation OKAGAKI Akira
        Head, Office of Disaster Risk Reduction SIMOYAMA Toshihiro
        Head, Office of Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction TAKAHASHI Kenichi
        Head, Office of Research and Development SATO Takahiro
        Head, Office of International Affairs KOIDE Naohisa
        Head, Office of Aeronautical Meteorology KUMAGAI Yukihiro
      Director, Finance and Accounting Division NAKAYAMA Yasuhiro
      Director for International Affairs and Aeronautical Meteorology YAMAKOSHI Yuichi
    Information Infrastructure Department  
    Director-General YOKOTA Hironobu
      Director, Information Policy Division MIZUNO Takanori
        Senior Coordinator for Information Security ANDOU Akiyoshi
        Head, Office of Data Accessibility YAMAMOTO Hirotsugu
      Director, Public-Private Engagement Division NISHIGATA Masanori
        Head, Office of Public-Private-Academic Collaboration SUGIURA Iori
      Director, Numerical Prediction Division SATO Yoshiaki
        Head, Office of Numerical Prediction Modeling Fundamental Technology KAZUMORI Masahiro
        Head, Office of Numerical Prediction Modeling TANAKA Yasumichi
        Head, Office of Earth System Modeling KADOWAKI Takashi
      Director, Information and Communications Technology Division KURIHARA Shigehisa
        Head, Office of Computer Systems Operation AKAISHI Kazuhide
        Head, Office of Information Networks KAMIDE Kazumi
      Director, Satellite Program Division BESSHO Kotaro
        Senior Coordinator for Satellite Systems KATSUYAMA Kenichi
        Senior Supervisor for Satellite Operations MITSUI Kiyoshi
    Atmosphere and Ocean Department  
    Director-General MUROI Chiashi
      Director, Administration Division HAMADA Osamu
        Senior Coordinator for Research Vessel Operations YAMAMORI Osamu
        Head, Office of Meteorological Analysis and Application Development NAGATA Kazuhiko
      Director, Weather Disaster Risk Reduction Division SATO Yutaka
        Head, Office of Climate Change IGARASHI Yosuke
        Head, Asia-Pacific Severe Weather Center ISHIHARA Koji
      Director, Forecast Division SUGIMOTO Satoshi
        Chief Forecaster TACHIHARA Shuichi
        Head, Office of Aviation Weather Forecasting HIRANO Yoshiaki
        Head, Weather Monitoring and Warning Center HOSOMI Takuya
      Director, Observation Division IRIFUNE Shuichi
      Director, Climate Prediction Division YOSHIMATSU Kazuyoshi
        Head, Center for Information on Climate Extremes TANAKA Shotaro
      Director, Atmospheric Environment and Ocean Division HIRAISHI Naotaka
        Senior Coordinator for Global Atmosphere Watch TSUBOI Kazuhiro
        Head, Office of Marine Prediction GOTO Susumu
    Seismology and Volcanology Department  
    Director-General AOKI Gen
      Director, Administration Division NAKATSUJI Tsuyoshi
        Senior Coordinator for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction AOKI Shigeki
        Senior Coordinator for Volcanic Disaster Risk Reduction SHIGENO Nobuaki
      Director, Earthquake and Tsunami Observation Division HARADA Satoshi
        Senior Coordinator for International Earthquake and Tsunami Information USHIDA Shingo
        Head, Office of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction YOKOI Takako
        Head, Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center KOBAYASHI Masashi
      Director, Volcanic Observation Division KANNO Tomoyuki
        Senior Analyst for Volcanic Activity USUI Yuji
        Head, Office of Volcanic Disaster Risk Reduction IMANO  Eiji
        Head, Volcanic Observation and Warning Center NAKAMURA Masamichi
      Director, Earthquake and Volcanic Engineering Affairs Division TSUKADA Shinya
        Head, Office of Large-scale Earthquake Analysis TAKEDA Kiyoshi