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 1 (PDF, 19.4 MB), 2 (PDF, 13.5 MB), 3 (PDF, 18.6 MB) (March 2018)
• 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)

  Leaflets

  Meteorological Satellites

• 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)

  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)

  Forecast

• Taking the right steps to protect yourself from sudden thunderstorm, lightning and tornadoes (April 2013)
   You Are In Danger! [Being Harmed] (6 min.)
   Now You're Safe! [Solution] (12 min.)

  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 NHK website (in Japanese).   Japanese Government Internet TV is another website to watch the videos with the sound of EEW.
• 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 Tables
• Journal of the Aerological Observatory

  Climate and Global Environmental Issues

• Tokyo Climate Center: TCC News 
• Climate Change Monitoring Report
• Climate Change in Japan 2020 (PDF, 1.71MB) (December 2020)
• Annual Report on Atmospheric and Marine Environment Monitoring Data
• WDCGG: WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

  Earthquakes/Volcanoes

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

  Marine Weather

• The ship and Maritime Meteorology