LinksLast Updated : 2023.09.15
Here is links about meteorological organizations in Japan.
Universities having Meteorology/Climatology Major in Japan
- University
([N]National/
Public, [P]Private)
Course/Major ([M]Master, [D]Doctoral),
Faculty/Department
- Hokkaido University [N]
School of Science Earth and Planetary Sciences
- School of Agriculture
Department of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering
- Fisheries Sciences Marine Biology
- School of Engineering
Department of Socio-Enviroment Engineering,
Course of Enviromental Engineering
- [M,D] Graduate School of Environmental Sciences
Division of Earth System Science (in Japanese)・
Division of Environmental Science Development (in Japanese)
- [M,D] Graduate School of Science Earth and Planetary Dynamics
- [M,D] Graduate School of Engineering Division of Environmental Engineering
- Institude of Low Tempreture Science, Water and Material Cycles Division
- Kitami Institude of Technology [N]
School of Earth, Energy and Evironmental Engineering
Evironment Protection and Disaster Prevention Course Program
- School of Regional Innovation and Social Design Engineering
Civil Infrastructure Course Program
- [M] Civil and Environmental Engineering
- [D] Co-creative Engineering
- Rakuno Gakuen University [P]
College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences
Department of Environmental and Symbiotic Science (in Japanese)
- [M,D]Dairy Science
- Hokkaido University of Education [N]
Teacher Training Course (Sapporo Campus) Science and Mathematics Education
- Hirosaki University [N]
Faculty of Science and Technology
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (in Japanese)
- [M] Science and Technology, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- [D] Safety Science and Technology, Environmental and Safety Sciences
※You can get a PhD degree in science.
- Akita University [N]
Faculty of Education and Human Studies,
Department of School Education,
Course for Science and Mathematics Teachers Science
- Akita Prefectual University [N]
- Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Department of Biological Environment (in Japanese)
- Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Department of Biological Environment Laboratory of Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Environmental Studies (in Japanese)
- Miyagi University of Education [N]
Faculty of Education Science Education Course (Geology) (in Japanese)
- Tohoku University [N]
School of Science Department of Geophysics
- School of Science Department of Earth Science
- [M,D] Graduate school of Science, Department of Geophysics
- --Atmospheric Science Laboratory
- --Physical Oceanography Laboratory
- --Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center
- --Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies (in Japanese)
- [M,D] Graduate school of Science, Department of Earth and Science
- [M,D] Graduate school of Environmental Studies
- Fukushima University [N]
Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science Environmental System Management
- The University of Aizu [N]
Division of Computer Science, Environmental Infomatics Laboratory
- Niigata University [N]
Faculty of Science
- --Program of Environmental Science (in Japanese)
- --Program of Field Research in the Environmental Sciences (in Japanese)
- [M,D] Graduate School of Science and Technology Environmental Science and Technology
- University of Toyama [N]
Civil Design and Engineering Earth System Science (in Japanese)
- [M]Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Earth, Life, Environmental Science Program (in Japanese)
- [D]Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences (in Japanese)
- Faculty of Science Department of Natural and Environmental Science
- Kanazawa University [N]
College of Science and Engineering, Geosciences and Civil Engineering
- [M] Division of Geosciences and Civil Engineering,
Earth and Planetary Science Course
- [D] Division of Natural System, Earth and Environmental Sciences Course
- Shinshu University [N]
Faculty of Education Science Education Course
- Gunma University [N]
Cooperative Faculty of Education Department of Science (in Japanese)
- Ibaraki University [N]
College of Science Earth Science Course・Integrated Sciences Course
- [M] Graduate School of Science, Major in Science
- [D] Graduate School of Science, Complex System Science Program
- University of Tsukuba [N]
School of Life and Environmental Sciences College of Geoscience
- [M,D] Graduate School of Science and Technology
Degree Programs om Life and Earth Sciences,
Master's and Doctoral Programs in Geosciences
- [M,D] Graduate School of Science and Technology
Degree Programs om Life and Earth Sciences,
Master's Program in Environmental Sciences &
Doctoral Program in Sustainable Environmental Studies (in Japanese)
- [B,M,D] Laboratory of Hydrological Science
- Center for Reserach in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics (in Japanese)
- Center for Computational Sciences
- The University of Tokyo [N]
Faculty of Science Department of Earth and Planetary Physics
- Faculty of Science
Department of Earth and Planetary Environmental Science (in Japanese)
- Faculty of Engeneering Department of Civil Engneering
- [M,D] Graduate School of Science Department of Earth and Planetary Science
- [M,D] --Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Group(Hongou campus)
- [M,D] --Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institude(Kashiwa campus)
- [M,D] --Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology(Komaba campus)
- [M,D] Department of Civil Engineering, Management Group
- [M,D] --Institude of Industrial Science(Komaba campus)
- [M,D] --Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institude(Kashiwa campus)
- [M,D] School pf Engineering, Insitute of Engeneerring Innovation
- [M,D] Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
- Tokyo Institute of Technology [N]
[M,D] School of Environment and Society,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- [M,D] School of Environment and Society,
Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering (in Japanese)
- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology [N]
Faculty of Marine Technology
Department of Marine Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (in Japanese)
- Tokyo Meteopolitan University [N]
Faculty of Urban Environmental Sciences Department of Geography
- [M,D] Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Department of Geography
- Faculty of Systems Design Laboratory of Remote Sensing (in Japanese)
- Tokai University [P]
School of Information Science and Technology
Department of Human and Information Science (in Japanese)
- Department of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering Course of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering
- School of Physical Education Department of Physical Education
- Tokyo University of Agriculture [P]
Faculty of Agriculture Department of Agriculture
- Tokyo University of Science [P]
Faculty of Science Division I Department of Physics
- Tokyo Gakugei University [N]
Department of Earth and Universe Science
Laboratory of Meteorology (in Japanese)
- Rissho University [P]
Faculty of Geo-Environmental Science,
Department of Environment System Environmental Meteorology (in Japanese)
- [M,D] Graduate School of Geo-Environmental Science,
nvironment Systems Hydrosphere Sciences
- Keio University [P]
Research and Education Center for Natural Science
- Faculty of Environment and Information Studies
- [M,D] Graduate School of Media and Governance (in Japanese)
- Nihon University [P]
College of Humanities and Sciences
Department of Natural Sciences (in Japanese),
Earth and Environmental Sciences (in Japanese)
- J.F. Oberlin University [P]
College of Arts and Sciences
- HOSEI University [P]
Faculty of Letters Department of Geography
- [M,D] Graduate School of Humanities Major in Geography
- Ochanomizu University [P]
Faculty of Science Course of Information Sciences
- [M, D] Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences Advanced Sciences
- Chiba University [N]
Faculty of Horticulture
- Center for Environmental Remote Sensing Chiba University
- Chiba Institute of Technology [P]
Faculty of Creative Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- [M,D] Graduate School of Creative Engineering
Department of Urban Environmental Engineering
- YOKOHAMA National University [N]
Department of Education TEAM SORA(in Japanese)
- Ishikawa Prefectual University [N]
Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences
Department of Environmental Science
- [M]Division of Environmental Science・
[D] Department of Natural and Humanistic Symbiotic Sciences (in Japanese)
- Gifu University [N]
River Basin Research Center Basin Hydrology Dynamics Laboratory
- Faculty of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering
- Certificate Program in Weather Data Analyst (in Japanese)
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Energy Engineering
- University of Yamanashi [N]
Department of Environmental Sciences,
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Tokoha University [P]
Department of Education Elementary Education Program(in Japanese)-
- Nagoya University [N]
School of Science Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- [M,D] Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Hydrospheric Atmospheric Science
- [M,D] --Global Environmental Variation
- [M,D] --Climate Science
- [M,D] --Global Geochemistry
- [M,D] --Global Water Cycle
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research
- Meijo University [P]
Faculty of Science and Technology
Department of Environmental Science and Technology (in Japanese)
- Aichi Univesity of Education [N]
Faculty of Education Science Education Seminar(in Japanese)
- Mie University [N]
Graduate School & Faculty of Bioresources Atmosphere and Climate Dynamics
- Kyoto University [N]
-
Faculty of Science, Department of Science
- [M,D] Graduate School of Science, Devision of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Department of Geophysics
- --Meteorology Research Group
- --Climate Physics Laboratory
- [M,D] Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere
- --Laboratory of Atomospheric Environmental Information Analysis (in Japanese)
- --Laboratory of Atmospheric Sensing and Diagnosis
- --Laboratory of Radar Atmospheric Science
- [M,D] Disaster Prevention Research Institute
- --Climate Environment Lab
- --Research Section of Severe Storm and Atmospheric Environment
- --Shionomisaki Wind Effect Laboratory (in Japanese)
- --Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory
(in Japanese)
- Kyoto Sangyo University [P]
- Faculty of Science,
Department of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Sciences
- Doshisha University [P]
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Environmental Systems (in Japanese)
- [M] Graduate School of Science and Engineering,
- Department of Mathematical and Environmental Sciences (in Japanese)
- Nara Women's University [N]
- Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science, Environmental Sciences Course
- Osaka Kyoiku University [N]
- Faculty of Education, Course for School Teachers, Laboratory of Meteorology (in Japanese)
- Kindai University [P]
- Faculty of Science and Engineering,
Department of Informatics (in Japanese)
- Kobe University [N]
- Graduate school of Science / Faculty of Science, Department of Planetology
- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering (in Japanese)
- Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Faculty of Maritime Sciences
- Faculty of Oceanology
- Research Center for Urban Safety and Security
- University of Hyogo [N]
[M,D] Graduate School of Information Science
- School of Human Science and Environment (in Japanese)
[M,D]- Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance
- Tottori University [N]
Arid Land Research Center
- Tottori University of Environmental Studies [N]
Faculty of Environmental Studies
- [M] Graduate school of Environmental Science and Business Administration
- Okayama University [N]
Faculty of Science, Department of Earth Sciences
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
- [M]Division of Earth Science
- [D]Division of Earth, Life, and Molecular Sciences
- Faculty of Education, Department of Science Education (in Japanese)
- Okayama University of Science [P]
Faculty of Biosphere-Geosphere Science,
Department of Biosphere-Geosphere Science (in Japanese)
- [M,D] Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Natural Science Program (in Japanese)
- National Institute of Technology, Matsue College [N]
Department of Information Engineering (in Japanese)
- Sugiyama Laboratory (in Japanese)
- Hiroshima Institute of Technology [P]
Faculty of Environment, Department of Global Environment (in Japanese)
- [M] Graduate School of Engineering, Environmental Studies
- [D] Graduate School of Engineering, Intellectual Function Science
- Yamaguchi University [N]
- Faculty od Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences
- [M,D] Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation
- Kagawa University [N]
Graduate School of Education, Faculty od Education
- Ehime University [N]
Faculty of Agriculture
- Kochi University [N]
- Faculty of Science and Technology,
Department of Global Environmental Disaster Prevention (in Japanese)
- [M] Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Science Program
- Kochi University of Technology [N]
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Environmental and Mathematical Sciences (in Japanese)
- [M] Environmental and Mathematical Sciences Course
- Kyushu University [N]
- School of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- [M,D] Graduate School of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- [M,D] Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Earth System Science and Technology
- Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
- Fukuoka University [P]
- Faculty of Science, Department of Earth System Science
(in Japanese)
- Kumamoto University [N]
Faculty of Science, Course for Earth Sciences (in Japanese)
- Oita University [N]
- Faculty of Science and Technology,
- Department of Integrated Science and Technology,
- Division of Natural Sciences (in Japanese)
- Regional Environment Science Program(in Japanese)
- Nagasaki University [N]
- Faculty of Environmental Science,
Department of Environmental Science
- Faculty of Education, Middle Schoopl Education course, Science
- University of the Ryukyus [N]
- Faculty of Science, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Geoscience section
- Graduate School of Engineering and Science,
- [M] Physics and Earth Sciences
- [D] Marine and Environmental Sciences
- Graduate University for Advanced Studies [N]
[M,D] Polar Science Program, Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
- Meteorological College [N] (in Japanese)
- National Defense Academy of Japan [N]
- Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences (in Japanese)
- Graduate Institute for Advanced StudiesPolar Science Program
- Japan Coast Guard Academy [N]
Research Institute for Meteorological/Climatological Research in Japan
- Institute
- Cooperated University
- Japan Meteorological Agency: Meteorological Research Institute (in Japanese)
- University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences, Master's and Doctoral Programs in Geosciences, Geoenvironmental Science Field
- National Institute for
Environmental Studies,
Center for Regional
Environmental Research
(in Japanese)
- University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences,
Master's Program in Environmental Sciences,
Doctral Program in Environmental Studies,
Regional Atmosphere Pollution Field
- National Institute for
Environmental Studies,
Center for Global
Environmental Research
- Tohoku University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies,
Grobal Environment Division
- National Research Institute
for Earth Science and
Disaster Resilience
(in Japanese)
- University of Tasukuba,
Graduate School of life and Environmental Sciences,
Hydrological Science
- JAMSTEC
(in Japanese)
- (See the link)
Organization related with Weather/Meteorology in Japan (* : acceptable students)
- Organization
- Location
- Japan Meteorological Agency
- Chiyoda/Tokyo
- Meteorological Research Institute*
- Tsukuba/Ibaraki
- JAXA
- Chofu/Tokyo (Others all over Japan)
- JAMSTEC
- Headquarters:Yokosuka, Yokohama Lab., etc.
- CRIEPI
- Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa
- Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
- Kyoto
- RIKEN
- Tokyo, Kanagawa, Hyogo, etc.
- AIST
- Headquarters:Tokyo, Tsukuba Center, etc.
- Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
- Minato/Tokyo
- National Institute for Environmental Studies*
- Tsukuba/Ibaraki
- NICT*
- Headquarters:Tokyo, etc.
- NIED*
- Headquarters:Tsukuba, Nagaoka, Shinjo, Miki, Kobe
- National Institute of Polar Research*
- Tatekawa/Tokyo
Companies and Businesses dealing with weather-related services
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has a list of licensed businesses for weather and wave forecasting services on its website.
Please see here.
Major Overseas Research Institutions
- Institution
- Location
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- Geneva, Switzerland
- NASA
- Washington, D.C., USA
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Boulder, Colorado, USA
- NOAA
- Maryland, USA
- ECMWF
- Reading, UK
- Europian Space Agency (ESA)
- Guiana Space Centre, France
- Met Office (UKMO)
- Exeter, Devon, UK
- Meteo France
- Paris, France
- India Meteorological Department (IMD)
- New Delhi, India
- Korea Meteorological Administration
- Seoul, South Korea
- China Meteorological Administration
- China
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Melbourne, Australia
- Central Weather Bureau
- Taiwan