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  2. Japan Meteorological Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA; 気象庁, Kishō-chō) is a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism dedicated to the scientific observation and research of natural phenomena. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo the agency collects data on meteorology, hydrology, seismology, and volcanology, and other related ...

  3. Emergency Warning System - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Warning System (Japanese: 特別警報) is a warning system the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) launched on 30 August 2013. Emergency Warnings are issued to alert people to the significant likelihood of catastrophes in association with natural phenomena of extraordinary magnitude. Residents should take all measures possible to ...

  4. Japan witnesses warmest autumn in history - AOL

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    Japan has experienced its warmest fall since records began more than a century ago, pushing the country’s iconic autumn foliage displays into December.. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA ...

  5. Japan issues tsunami warning after 6.1-magnitude earthquake ...

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    A tsunami advisory has been issued by the Japanese meteorological agency on Thursday after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck outlying islands in the Izu chain.. The forecaster warned of waves up ...

  6. Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale

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    The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Seismic Intensity Scale [1] (known in Japan as the Shindo seismic scale) [2] is a seismic intensity scale used in Japan to categorize the intensity of local ground shaking caused by earthquakes.

  7. Severe weather terminology (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    This article describes the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) severe weather terminology. The JMA defines precise meanings for nearly all its weather terms as the Information for Severe Weather Preparation (防災気象情報, Bousai Kishō Jōhō). This article describes JMA terminology and related JMA weather scales.

  8. Earthquake Early Warning (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    The JMA announced the Earthquake Early Warning hit (accuracy) rate for the 2011 fiscal year on 31 May 2012. The hit rate is the percentage of warnings issued immediately on the detection of P-waves with a Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale (震度, shindo) number (0 to 7) within one shindo number of the measured earthquake.

  9. Japan records highest average temperature in 125 years ... - AOL

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