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List of senior officials at the Headquarters (as of April 2026)

Director-General NOMURA Ryoichi
  Deputy Director-General KOBAYASHI Yutaka
  Deputy Director-General for Disaster Risk Reduction TAHARA Yoshihiko
    Administration Department  
    Director-General IMAI Kazuya
      Counselor for Research and Development SATO Yoshiaki
      Counselor for Disaster Risk Reduction HARADA Satoshi
      Director, General Affairs Division NUMAJIRI Makoto
        Head, Office of Public Relations SAKAI Ryota
        Head, Office of Meteorological Service Evaluation SHIRAISHI Shoji
        Head, Office of Procurement WAKUI Kenichi
        Head, Office of Custodians ENDO Kentaro
      Director, Personnel Division HOMMA Katsuyuki
        Senior Coordinator for Personnel Affairs YOSHIDA Kosaku
        Head, Office of Welfare and Annuity ISO Kiyohisa
      Director, Planning Division NISHIGATA Masanori
        Senior Coordinator for Risk Management ARANAMI Kohei
        Senior Coordinator for International Cooperation KOMATSU Naoko
        Head, Office of Disaster Risk Reduction NISHI Mineo
        Head, Office of Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction HASHIMOTO Toru
        Head, Office of Research and Development ONO Hiroshi
        Head, Office of International Affairs KOIDE Naohisa
        Head, Office of Aeronautical Meteorology NAGATA Yasunori
      Director, Finance and Accounting Division NAKABAYASHI Daisuke
      Director for International Affairs and Aeronautical Meteorology GOTO Susumu
    Information Infrastructure Department  
    Director-General YASUDA Tamaki
      Director, Information Policy Division HIRAISHI Naotaka
        Senior Coordinator for Information Security SENDA Masashi
        Head, Office of Data Accessibility OGAWA Satoshi
      Director, Public-Private Engagement Division IRIFUNE Shuichi
        Head, Office of Public-Private-Academic Collaboration YOKOI Takako
      Director, Numerical Prediction Division KAZUMORI Masahiro
        Head, Office of Numerical Prediction Modeling Fundamental Technology TANAKA Yasumichi
        Head, Office of Numerical Prediction Modeling NAKAGAWA Masayuki
        Head, Office of Earth System Modeling KADOWAKI Takashi
      Director, Information and Communications Technology Division SATO Takahiro
        Head, Office of Computer Systems Operation OIKAWA Yoshinori
        Head, Office of Information Networks SUGIURA Iori
      Director, Satellite Program Division MITSUI Kiyoshi
        Senior Coordinator for Satellite Systems KATSUYAMA Kenichi
        Senior Supervisor for Satellite Operations DOJO Ryo
    Atmosphere and Ocean Department  
    Director-General ISHIDA Junichi
      Director, Administration Division YAMAKOSHI Yuichi
        Senior Coordinator for Research Vessel Operations NAGAKITA Kiyokazu
        Head, Office of Meteorological Analysis and Application Development OWADA Hiromi
        Senior Coordinator for Meteorological Information BUNGI Yasuaki
      Director, Weather Disaster Risk Reduction Division IGARASHI Yosuke
        Head, Office of Climate Change AOYAGI Toshinori
        Head, Asia-Pacific Severe Weather Center KUMAGAI Yukihiro
      Director, Forecast Division HOSOMI Takuya
        Chief Forecaster IKEDA Toru
        Head, Office of Aviation Weather Forecasting MIYAKOSHI Noriyuki
        Head, Weather Monitoring and Warning Center TAKAHASHI Kenichi
      Director, Observation Division TSUKAMOTO Naoki
      Director, Climate Prediction Division SHIMPO Akihiko
        Head, Center for Information on Climate Extremes KYODA Masayuki
      Director, Atmospheric Environment and Ocean Division HIRANO Yoshiaki
        Senior Coordinator for Global Atmosphere Watch TSUBOI Kazuhiro
        Head, Office of Marine Prediction USHIDA Shingo
    Seismology and Volcanology Department  
    Director-General TSUKADA Shinya
      Director, Administration Division TAIRA Yutaro
        Senior Coordinator for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction KIYOMOTO Masashi
        Senior Coordinator for Volcanic Disaster Risk Reduction HASEBE Daisuke
      Director, Earthquake and Tsunami Observation Division EBITA Ayataka
        Senior Coordinator for International Earthquake and Tsunami Information OKAGAKI Akira
        Head, Office of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction TAKEDA Kiyoshi
        Head, Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center ONO Koichi
      Director, Volcanic Observation Division FUJI Atsushi
        Senior Analyst for Volcanic Activity ANDO Shinobu
        Head, Office of Volcanic Disaster Risk Reduction IINO Hideki
        Head, Volcanic Observation and Warning Center USUI Yuji
      Director, Earthquake and Volcanic Engineering Affairs Division AOKI Shigeki
        Head, Office of Large-scale Earthquake Analysis UENO Hiroshi