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List of senior officials at the Headquarters (as of April 2025)

Director-General NOMURA Ryoichi
  Deputy Director-General YOSHINAGA Takahiro
  Deputy Director-General for Disaster Risk Reduction MUROI Chiashi
    Administration Department  
    Director-General KOBAYASHI Yutaka
      Counselor for Research and Development SATO Yoshiaki
      Counselor for Disaster Risk Reduction SATO Yutaka
      Director, General Affairs Division NUMAJIRI Makoto
        Head, Office of Public Relations FUKAHATA Junichi
        Head, Office of Meteorological Service Evaluation KUNIMATSU Hiroshi
        Head, Office of Procurement TANAKA Masanobu
        Head, Office of Custodians UMEI Yoshihisa
      Director, Personnel Division YONEMITSU Yoshihiro
        Senior Coordinator for Personnel Affairs YOSHIDA Kosaku
        Head, Office of Welfare and Annuity INOUE Hisato
      Director, Planning Division SAKAI Yoshitoshi
        Senior Coordinator for Risk Management YAMAMOTO Osamu
        Senior Coordinator for International Cooperation KOMATSU Naoko
        Head, Office of Disaster Risk Reduction SHIMOYAMA Toshihiro
        Head, Office of Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction HASHIMOTO Toru
        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 NAKAI Tomohiro
      Director for International Affairs and Aeronautical Meteorology SHIMPO Akihiko
    Information Infrastructure Department  
    Director-General YASUDA Tamaki
      Director, Information Policy Division NISHIGATA Masanori
        Senior Coordinator for Information Security KITA Yoshikazu
        Head, Office of Data Accessibility OGAWA Satoshi
      Director, Public-Private Engagement Division YAMAKOSHI Yuichi
        Head, Office of Public-Private-Academic Collaboration SUGIURA Iori
      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 KURIHARA Shigehisa
        Head, Office of Computer Systems Operation YOKOI Shintaro
        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 TAHARA Yoshihiko
      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 HOSOMI Takuya
        Head, Office of Climate Change KYODA Masayuki
        Head, Asia-Pacific Severe Weather Center ISHIHARA Koji
      Director, Forecast Division TACHIHARA Shuichi
        Chief Forecaster IKEDA Toru
        Head, Office of Aviation Weather Forecasting TSUKAMOTO Naoki
        Head, Weather Monitoring and Warning Center TAKAHASHI Kenichi
      Director, Observation Division IRIFUNE Shuichi
      Director, Climate Prediction Division TAKEUCHI Ayako
        Head, Center for Information on Climate Extremes OIKAWA Yoshinori
      Director, Atmospheric Environment and Ocean Division HIRAISHI Naotaka
        Senior Coordinator for Global Atmosphere Watch TSUBOI Kazuhiro
        Head, Office of Marine Prediction USHIDA Shingo
    Seismology and Volcanology Department  
    Director-General KATO Takashi
      Director, Administration Division KANNO Tomoyuki
        Senior Coordinator for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction KIYOMOTO Masashi
        Senior Coordinator for Volcanic Disaster Risk Reduction AIZAWA Koji
      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 YOKOI Takako
        Head, Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center ONO Koichi
      Director, Volcanic Observation Division TAIRA Yutaro
        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 HARADA Satoshi
        Head, Office of Large-scale Earthquake Analysis TAKEDA Kiyoshi