On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of WMO’s Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) Tokyo – Typhoon Center, which started operation in 1989, the Japan Meteorological Agency hosted the High-level Dialogues on Tropical Cyclones on 10–11 October 2019, followed by the Commemoration Ceremony of the 30th anniversary of RSMC Tokyo – Typhoon Center as the closing event in the evening of 11 October 2019.
The Dialogues were attended by twelve Members of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee (Cambodia; China; Hong Kong, China; Japan; Lao People's Democratic Republic;
Macao, China; Malaysia; the Philippines; Republic of Korea; Thailand; Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the United States of America)
and six RSMCs on tropical cyclone forecasting (Honolulu, La Reunion, Miami, Nadi, New Delhi and Tokyo).