# Japan Meteorological Agency
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Japanese national meteorological agency operating the Himawari geostationary meteorological satellite series.

## Specifications
- **country**: Japan
- **website**: https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html
- **operator domains**: ["jma.go.jp"]
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","country":"Japan","website":"https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html","operator_domains":"[\"jma.go.jp\"]","description":"Japanese national meteorological agency operating the Himawari geostationary meteorological satellite series."}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is Japan's national meteorological authority, responsible for weather forecasting, earthquake and tsunami monitoring, and the operation of Japan's geostationary meteorological satellite series.[^jma-organization] JMA operates the Himawari satellite family from geostationary orbit, providing continuous imagery over the Asia-Pacific region.[^jma-himawari-overview] Himawari-8 served as primary operational satellite until December 2022, when it transitioned to standby; Himawari-9 subsequently took over as the primary operational satellite.[^jma-himawari-overview] JMA is organised under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.[^wikipedia-jma]

## Sources
- [jma-himawari-overview] | JMA outline of Himawari-8/9 geostationary meteorological satellites | https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/himawari89.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wikipedia-jma] | Japan Meteorological Agency - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [jma-organization] | Organizational Structure - Japan Meteorological Agency | https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/Background/organization.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20

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