From 17 September to 13 December, the 2013 JICA Training and Dialogue Program for Reinforcement of Meteorological Services was held in Tokyo with eight invited attendees from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Laos, Mozambique, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand. This training program is designed for participants from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), and is intended to provide basic knowledge and key techniques for use in numerical weather prediction, satellite meteorology and climate information for advanced meteorological services. It is also designed to build capacity for the application of these resources to the production and delivery of meteorological and climatological information needed by disaster prevention authorities and other users.

Courtesy call on JMA Director-General Dr. Mitsuhiko Hatori
(20 September 2013)

	Visit to the observation field at JMA headquarters (19 September 2013)
Weather radar maintenance practice at JMA's Meteorological College (31 October 2013)
	Technical visit to a private TV station in Sapporo (9 December 2013)
Program attendees and JICA/JMA staff at the program's closing ceremony (13 December 2013)