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Director-General of JMA

Director-General of JMA

MORI Takashi was appointed as Director-General of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) in January 2024.

Mr. Mori earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Tokyo in 1988 before starting work at JMA. He previously served the Agency as Deputy Director-General for Disaster Risk Reduction of JMA (2023 – 2024), Director-General of the Atmosphere and Ocean Department (2022 – 2023), Director-General of Seismology and Volcanology Department (2020 – 2022) and Director-General of the Osaka Regional Headquarters (2019 – 2020).

Mr. Mori has worked extensively with JMA in the management of meteorological services with particular focus on observation. In recent years he has dedicated himself to the development of regional disaster risk reduction capacity across Japan based on enhanced relations with municipal governments. Throughout his career, he has also actively participated in international activities within the frameworks of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO).

In his inauguration address, Mr. Mori expressed a determination to work toward the Vision for Meteorological Services in 2030 and to provide optimal meteorological services for the public interest. He also stressed the significance of JMA’s roles and responsibilities in protecting life and property from disasters to be caused by natural hazards, including phenomena that are difficult to predict with current science and technology.