Met Office Chief Executive Rob Varley led a delegation on a visit to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on 30 October 2015.
JMA and the Met Office have maintained collaborative relations for years, especially in the fields of numerical weather and climate prediction research and in various World Meteorological Organization (WMO) activities.
The visitors met JMA board members led by the Agency's Director-General Noritake Nishide and discussed ongoing collaboration in the field of meteorological and climatological research and activities in association with WMO, for which both Mr. Varley and Mr. Nishide serve as Executive Council members.
The delegation was given a tour of JMA's operational centers for monitoring, forecasting and warning services relating to meteorological, oceanographic, climatological, seismological and volcanic activity. The attendees also discussed related matters in areas such as disaster risk management, multi-hazard early warning systems, weather and climate research/services.
Mr. Varley's lecture, titled Turning Science into Action, was attended by a capacity audience in JMA’s lecture hall. Those present shared his passion for making a difference by engaging people in disaster risk reduction efforts.
