What is Japan Meteorological Agency?
[[File:Kisyoucho-building-200512.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Japan Meteorological Agency building at [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]].]] {{Commonscat|Japan Meteorological Agency}} The {{Nihongo|'''Japan Meteorological Agency'''|気象庁|Kishōchō}} or '''JMA''', is the [[Japan]]ese government's [[weather]] service. It has the duty of getting the information on the weather and making the weather [[forecasting|forecasts]] in Japan. It also must observe and warn about [[earthquakes]], [[typhoon]]s, [[tsunami]]s and [[volcanic eruption]]s. The central office of the agency is in [[Tokyo]], and it has six smaller offices at other regions of Japan. == Other websites == * [http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html Official website] {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Scientific organizations based in Japan]]