Publications/Periodicals

Publications

  Brochures

• Japan Meteorological Agency (brochure) (high resolution, PDF, 260 MB  /  low resolution, PDF, 16MB) (March 2022)
• Earthquakes and Tsunamis — Observation and Disaster Mitigation — (high resolution, PDF, 16.4 MB) (March 2023)
• Lessons learned from the tsunami disaster caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and improvements in JMA's tsunami warning system (PDF, 1.2 MB) (October 2013)
• Volcanoes (PDF, 15.2 MB) (March 2024)
• Solid-state Weather Radar made in JAPAN (PDF, 1.4 MB) (March 2017)

  Strategies

• Promotion of Public-Private-Academic Engagement in Meteorological Services, Recommendation by the Meteorological Subcommittee (PDF, 156 KB) (December 2020)
• JMA's NWP Strategic Plan Toward 2030 (PDF, 156 KB) / Chart (PDF, 82 KB) (September 2020)
• Vision for Meteorological Services in 2030, Recommendation by the Meteorological Subcommittee (PDF, 273 KB) (August 2018)
• Legal framework of meteorological service in Japan - Meteorological Service Act (April 2017)

  Leaflets

  The 150th Anniversary of Meteorological Services in Japan

• The 150th Anniversary of Meteorological Services in Japan.pdf (PDF, 29 MB) (June 2025)

  General Information

• JMA Information on Disaster Risk Reduction.pdf (PDF, 897 KB) (January 2024)

  Meteorological Satellites

• History of the Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite “Himawari” (PDF, 1.8 MB) (June 2025)
• Geostationary meteorological satellites — Himawari-8/9 — (PDF, 6.6 MB) (March 2017)

  Climate

• Climate information for industrial operators (PDF, 4.1 MB) (October 2014)
• The Japanese 55-year Reanalysis (JRA-55) (PDF, 703 KB) (November 2014)

  Earthquakes/Volcanoes

• Start of New Tsunami Warning System Operation (PDF, 970 KB) (March 2013)
• Summary of Tables explaining the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale (PDF, 803 KB) (February 2019)
• Earthquake Early Warning (PDF, 1.1 MB) (April 2009)
• Eruption Notice (PDF, 308 KB) (June 2015)
• I get volcanoes! English (PDF, 8.05 MB) (March 2020), 中国語：簡体字（PDF,693KB) (March 2022), 中国語：繁体字（PDF, 760KB) (March 2022)

  Aviation Weather

• Air Traffic Meteorology Center (PDF, 753 KB) (March 2016)

  Marine Weather

• Guide to the Wave Charts (PDF, 1.03 MB) (March 2019)
• Guide to Sea Ice Information (PDF, 10.9 MB) (November 2017)

  Public Private Engagement

• Meteorological Service Act: the legal basis for PPE in Japan (PDF, 1.3 MB) (June 2025)

  International Cooperation

• Reinforcement of Meteorological Services, JMA-JICA Training Program on Meteorological Services (1973 -) (PDF, 1.3 MB) (June 2025)

  Videos

  International Cooperation

• JICA and JMA Joint Videos (August 2021)
   JMA - Meteorological Services of Japan -  (mp4, 480p) (Subtitles |  No subtitles)
   JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program - Reinforcement of Meteorological Services -  (mp4, 480p)  (Subtitles |  No subtitles)

  Earthquakes/Volcanoes

• What Will You Do When the Time Comes? -Understanding and Utilizing Earthquake Early Warnings (March 2010)
  English
   Subtitles (wmv, 56 kbps | wmv, 256 kbps)   No subtitles (wmv, 56 kbps | wmv, 256 kbps)
  Chinese
   Subtiltes (wmv, 56 kbps | wmv, 256 kbps)   No subtiltes (wmv, 56 kbps | wmv, 256 kbps)
  Korean
   Subtiltes (wmv, 56 kbps | wmv, 256 kbps)   No subtitles (wmv, 56 kbps | wmv, 256 kbps)
  Attention: The sound of EEW composed by NHK is not included in the videos due to the copyright.  You can hear the sound on the Japanese Government Internet TV.
• Preparing for Tsunamis (19 min.) (March 2023)
 English subtitles  Simplified Chinese subtitles  Traditional Chinese subtitles  Korean subtitles
• Escape the Tsunami! (17 min.) (March 2012)
• Tsunami Warnings and Tsunami Advisories (9 min.)

    Attention: The videos of "Preparing for Tsunamis," "Escape the Tsunami!" and "Tsunami Warnings and Tsunami Advisories" are currently unavailable on this page.
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  Others

• Guidelines for the Japanese Enhanced Fujita Scale (January 2018)
• "Modernization of Meteorological Services in Japan and Lessons for Developing Countries" published by World Bank (October 2016)

Periodicals

  Forecast

• Annual Report of the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center
• Outline of the Operational Numerical Weather Prediction

  Weather Observation

• Aerodrome Climatological Information
• Journal of the Aerological Observatory

  Climate and Global Environmental Issues

• Tokyo Climate Center: TCC News
• Climate Change Monitoring Links
• Climate Change in Japan 2025 (PDF, 3.90MB) (March 2025)
• Annual Report on Atmospheric and Marine Environment Monitoring Data
• WDCGG: WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

  Earthquakes/Volcanoes

• The Seismological Bulletin of Japan
• National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan (4th edition)

  Marine Weather

• The ship and Maritime Meteorology