Japan Meteorological Agency - History

History

  • August 26, 1872 - The first weather station in Japan set up in Hakodate, Hokkaido. That is the precursor of the present Hakodate Weather Station (函館海洋気象台, Hakodate Kaiyō Kishō-dai?).
  • June 1875 - The original Tokyo Meteorological Observatory (東京気象台, Tōkyō Kishō-dai?) was formed within the Survey Division of Geography Bureau of Home Ministry (内務省地理寮量地課, Naimu-shō Chiri-ryō Ryōchi-ka?).
  • January 1, 1887 - The Tokyo Meteorological Observatory was renamed as the Central Meteorological Observatory (中央気象台, Chūō Kishō-dai?) with transferring its jurisdiction to the Home Ministry.
  • April 1895 - The Ministry of Education (文部省, Monbushō?) replaced the preceding ministry as an administrator of the Observatory.
  • January 1, 1923 - The main office moved to Motoe-machi, Kōjimachi-ku (later Takehira-chō 1), where is near a moat surrounding the Imperial Palace.
  • November 1943 - The Ministry of Transport and Communications (運輸通信省, Un'yu Tūshin-shō?) took over the CMO's operation.
  • May 1945 - It got to be a part of the Ministry of Transport (運輸省, Un'yu-shō?).
  • July 1, 1956 - The Central Meteorological Observatory became an agency of Ministry of Transport, and has renamed to the Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁, Kishō-chō?).
  • March 1964 - The headquarters office has relocated to the present building in Ōtemachi, Chiyoda-ku.
  • January 6, 2001 - The JMA has become an agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (国土交通省, Kokudo-kōtsū-shō?)　with the Japanese government's administrative reformation.
  • 2013 - It has been announced that it would be scheduled to move the headquarters into Toranomon, Minato-ku.

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