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Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
Type(s) Space agency
Owner Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
Organisation Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
Abstract The meteorological services in Japan were started in 1875 at the Tokyo Meteorological Observatory (TMO) established in the Ministry of Interior. TMO was given the new name, the Central Meteorological Observatory (CMO) in 1887, which was placed under control of the Ministry of Education. In 1956, CMO became an external organ of the Ministry of Transport and was renamed the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The Ministry of Transport, merged with the Ministry of Construction etc. became the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as from January 2001.
 
Discipline(s) General Earth observation
Point of Contact
Name & Address Helpdesk,Helpdesk,The
Japan Meteorological Agency
Otemachi 1-3-4, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8122, JAPAN
Japan
 
E-mail (#at# is @) pro#at#hq.kishou.go.jp
URL http://www.jma.go.jp/JMA_HP/jma/indexe.html
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Spatial Coverage & Location(s) Lat: 36.18° - Lon: 138.78°
Japan
 
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