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List of senior officials at the Headquarters (as of January 2024)

Director-General MORI Takashi
  Deputy Director-General IWATSUKI Masahiro
  Deputy Director-General for Disaster Risk Reduction NOMURA Ryoichi
    Administration Department
    Director-General FUJITA Reiko
      Counselor for Research and Development ISHIDA Junichi
      Counselor for Disaster Risk Reduction OZAKI Tomoaki
      Director, General Affairs Division IINO Satoru
        Head, Office of Public Relations FUJI Atsushi
        Head, Office of Meteorological Service Evaluation HIRAISHI Naotaka
        Head, Office of Procurement OMATA Katsuyuki
        Head, Office of Custodians NUMAJIRI Makoto
      Director, Personnel Division SATO Yoshinori
        Senior Coordinator for Personnel Affairs HONMA Katsuyuki
        Head, Office of Welfare and Annuity KOBAYASHI Yuji
      Director, Planning Division TAHARA Yoshihiko
        Senior Coordinator for Risk Management AIZAWA Tatsuya
        Senior Coordinator for International Cooperation OKAGAKI Akira
        Senior Coordinator for International Aeronautical Meteorology HAYAMI Erika
        Senior Coordinator for Aeronautical Meteorology YOKOMIZO Daisuke
        Head, Office of Disaster Risk Reduction NISHIGATA Masanori
        Head, Office of Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction TAKAHASHI Kenichi
        Head, Office of Research and Development TANAKA Shotaro
        Head, Office of International Affairs SHIMPO Akihiko
        Head, Office of Aeronautical Meteorology GOTO Susumu
      Director, Finance and Accounting Division NAKAYAMA Yasuhiro
      Director for International Affairs and Aeronautical Meteorology HIROSAWA Junichi
    Information Infrastructure Department
    Director-General CHIBA Gouki
      Director, Information Policy Division SAKAI Yoshitoshi
        Senior Coordinator for Information and Communications Systems YOKOI Shintaro
        Senior Coordinator for Information Security KAKIHARA Koichiro
        Head, Office of Data Accessibility YAMAMOTO Hirotsugu
      Director, Public-Private Engagement Division SATO Yutaka
        Head, Office of Public-Private-Academic Collaboration TAKEUCHI Ayako
        Senior Supervisor for Private Forecasting Services OIKAWA Yoshinori
      Director, Numerical Prediction Division SATO Yoshiaki
        Senior Coordinator for Numerical Prediction Development Partnerships SASAGAWA Yutaka
        Senior Coordinator for Data Assimilation Systems KADOWAKI Takashi
        Head, Office of Numerical Prediction Modeling Fundamental Technology (SATO Yoshiaki)
        Head, Office of Numerical Prediction Modeling FUJITA Tadashi
        Head, Office of Earth System Modeling TANAKA Yasumichi
      Director, Information and Communications Technology Division TACHIKAWA Eiji
        Senior Coordinator for International Communications TSUNODA Kenji
        Head, Office of Computer Systems Operation SUGIURA Iori
        Head, Office of Information Networks KURIHARA Shigehisa
      Director, Satellite Program Division HAMADA Osamu
        Senior Coordinator for Satellite Systems MITSUI Kiyoshi
        Senior Supervisor for Satellite Operations BESSHO Kotaro
    Atmosphere and Ocean Department
    Director-General MUROI Chiashi
      Director, Administration Division SAKAKIBARA Shigeki
        Senior Coordinator for Meteorological Information SAKAI Ryota
        Senior Coordinator for Weather Observation Partnerships OMORI Shiro
        Senior Coordinator for Research Vessel Operations EGASHIRA Hideo
        Head, Office of Meteorological Analysis and Application Development NAGATA Kazuhiko
      Director, Weather Disaster Risk Reduction Division MIZUNO Takanori
        Senior Coordinator for Municipal Weather Disaster Risk Reduction HASHIMOTO Toru
        Senior Coordinator for Meteorological Information on Wide-area Evacuation TSUBOI Yoshihiro
        Senior Coordinator for Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction YOKOI Takako
        Senior Coordinator for Typhoon Disaster Risk Reduction YOSHIMATSU Masayuki
        Head, Office of Climate Change IGARASHI Yosuke
        Head, Asia-Pacific Severe Weather Center ISHIHARA Koji
      Director, Forecast Division SUGIMOTO Satoshi
        Chief Forecaster TACHIHARA Shuichi
        Senior Coordinator for Aviation Weather Forecasting Systems HAMAMOTO Koichi
        Head, Office of Aviation Weather Forecasting HIRANO Yoshiaki
        Head, Weather Monitoring and Warning Center KISHIMOTO Kenji
      Director, Observation Division TAKISHITA Yoichi
        Senior Coordinator for Weather Observation Technology DOJO Ryo
        Senior Coordinator for Remote Sensing Observation KAJIWARA Yusuke
      Director, Climate Prediction Division NAKAMIGAWA Hiroshi
        Senior Coordinator for Climate Information HIRAI Masayuki
        Head, Center for Information on Climate Extremes UMEDA Takafumi
      Director, Atmospheric Environment and Ocean Division YAGI Katsumasa
        Senior Coordinator for Global Atmosphere Watch SAWA Yosuke
        Head, Office of Marine Prediction KAMATA Hirotsugu
    Seismology and Volcanology Department
    Director-General AOKI Gen
      Director, Administration Division KATO Takashi
        Senior Coordinator for Seismological Information SHIMOYAMA Toshihiro
        Senior Coordinator for Volcanic Disaster Risk Reduction TAIRA Yutaro
      Director, Earthquake and Tsunami Observation Division KAMAYA Noriko
        Senior Coordinator for International Earthquake and Tsunami Information USHIDA Shingo
        Head, Office of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction EBITA Ayataka
        Head, Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center KOBAYASHI Masashi
      Director, Volcanic Observation Division NAKATSUJI Tsuyoshi
        Senior Coordinator for Mobile Volcanic Observation HASEBE Daisuke
        Senior Analyst for Volcanic Activity USUI Yuji
        Senior Coordinator for International Volcanic Ash Information OKAWARA Nariaki
        Head, Office of Volcanic Disaster Risk Reduction NAKAMURA Masamichi
        Head, Volcanic Observation and Warning Center HASEGAWA Yasuhide
      Director, Earthquake and Volcanic Engineering Affairs Division TSUKADA Shinya
        Senior Coordinator for Seismic Motion and Tsunami Modeling KUWAYAMA Tatsuo
        Senior Coordinator for Earthquake and Volcanic Observation Systems HAREYAMA Satoshi
        Senior Coordinator for Earthquake and Volcanic Analysis UENO Hiroshi
        Head, Office of Large-scale Earthquake Analysis AOKI Shigeki