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The Japan Meteorological Agency ( 気象庁, Kishō-chō ), a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, is dedicated to the scientific observation and research of natural phenomena. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo the agency diligently collects data on meteorology, hydrology, seismology, and volcanology, and other ...
The Summary. Japan’s meteorological agency on Thursday issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory.”. The warning followed a 7.1-magnitude earthquake off the country’s southern coast. That ...
Central Weather Bureau ( Republic of China) China Meteorological Administration CMA. Hong Kong Observatory. Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau. India Meteorological Department. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), India. Japan Meteorological Agency JMA.
Japan Weather Association. Japan Weather Association ( Japanese: 日本気象協会 JWA [1]) is a Japanese general incorporated foundation that conducts meteorological services. [2] [3] It founded in 1950.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is the government agency responsible for gathering and providing results for the public in Japan, that are obtained from data based on daily scientific observation and research into natural phenomena in the fields of meteorology, hydrology, seismology and volcanology, among other related scientific fields.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the country’s first-ever “megaquake advisory” on Aug. 8, hours after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off southwestern Japan. That quake happened on ...
The Intensity 7 ( 震度7, Shindo 7) is the maximum intensity in the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale, covering earthquakes with an instrumental intensity (計測震度) of 6.5 and up. [ 15] At Intensity 7, it becomes impossible to move at will. [ 13] The intensity was created following the 1948 Fukui earthquake.
Typhoon Ma-on was the eighth of a record-breaking ten landfalling typhoons in Japan during the 2004 season. [15] Of these storms, Ma-on was the only system to strike eastern areas of the nation directly and the second-strongest, with a landfall pressure of 950 mb (hPa; 28.06 inHg). [16] [17] Collectively, these storms resulted in 214 fatalities ...