Current Status

Warnings and advisories from the Japan Meteorological Agency

• Weather warnings/advisories currently in effect （map）（外部リンク）
• Weather warnings/advisories currently in effect （chart）（外部リンク）
• Earthquake information（外部リンク）
• Tsunami warnings currently in effect（外部リンク）
• Tropical cyclone/typhoon information（外部リンク）
• Volcanic warnings（外部リンク）
• Risk of sediment disaster and landslides currently in effect（外部リンク）
• Marine warnings currently in effect（外部リンク）
• Weather forecast for Iwate Prefecture（外部リンク）

You can find all this and more information on the Japan Meteorological Agency’s website.

• Japan Meteorological Agency’s website（外部リンク）

They also have a number of publications and videos available here.

• here（外部リンク）

For a review of common terms used in weather warnings and advisories, please click here.

• Translations of advisories and warnings

Download the Safety Tips app for your phone!

The Japan Tourism Agency has created a mobile app that will give you access to early earthquake warnings, tsunami warnings, and more. You can read more about that app and download it by going to this link.

• Safety Tips （Japan Tourism Agency）（外部リンク）