Japan Meteorological Agency
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The Japan Meteorological Agency is Japan’s national authority responsible for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, earthquake and tsunami warnings, and related environmental observations.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T745837 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japan Meteorological Agency Context triple: [Cabinet Office of Japan, supervises, Japan Meteorological Agency]
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A.
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology is a Japanese national research institution specializing in oceanography, marine geology, and Earth science, known for operating advanced deep-sea exploration technologies.
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B.
Japan Academy
The Japan Academy is a prestigious Japanese institution that honors and supports outstanding achievements in academic research and scholarship.
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C.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s national space agency responsible for the country’s space and satellite development, scientific research, and exploration missions.
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D.
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
The Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo is a leading research center dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and climate system.
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E.
Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
The Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research center dedicated to the scientific study of earthquakes, volcanoes, and related geophysical phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japan Meteorological Agency Target entity description: The Japan Meteorological Agency is Japan’s national authority responsible for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, earthquake and tsunami warnings, and related environmental observations.
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A.
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology is a Japanese national research institution specializing in oceanography, marine geology, and Earth science, known for operating advanced deep-sea exploration technologies.
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B.
Japan Academy
The Japan Academy is a prestigious Japanese institution that honors and supports outstanding achievements in academic research and scholarship.
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C.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s national space agency responsible for the country’s space and satellite development, scientific research, and exploration missions.
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Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
The Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo is a leading research center dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and climate system.
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Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
The Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research center dedicated to the scientific study of earthquakes, volcanoes, and related geophysical phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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national meteorological service ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Japan Meteorological Agency
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
JMA
|
| coordinatesWith |
Japan Coast Guard
ⓘ
Japan Self-Defense Forces ⓘ local governments in Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of Japan ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Chiyoda, Tokyo
Tokyo ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Government of Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Japanese ⓘ |
| mandate |
protection of life and property from natural disasters
ⓘ
provision of meteorological information for safety and socio-economic activities ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific
ⓘ
World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| nativeName | 気象庁 ⓘ |
| operates |
Japan Meteorological Observatory network
ⓘ
Japan Meteorological Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Japan Meteorological Satellite Center
Regional Meteorological Observatories ⓘ
surface form:
Local Meteorological Observatories
Marine Observatories ⓘ Japan Meteorological Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Meteorological Research Institute
Regional Meteorological Observatories ⓘ Volcano Observation network ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Japan Meteorological Agency
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tokyo Meteorological Observatory
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| providesService |
aviation weather information
ⓘ
earthquake early warnings ⓘ marine weather bulletins ⓘ public weather forecasts ⓘ tsunami warning bulletins ⓘ volcanic alert information ⓘ |
| regionServed | Japan ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
atmospheric environment monitoring
ⓘ
aviation meteorology ⓘ climate monitoring ⓘ earthquake warnings ⓘ geomagnetism observations ⓘ marine meteorology ⓘ seismology ⓘ tsunami warnings ⓘ volcanic activity monitoring ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ |
| sector |
climatology
ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| usesSatellite |
Himawari meteorological satellites
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surface form:
Himawari series
Himawari meteorological satellites ⓘ
surface form:
Himawari-8
Himawari meteorological satellites ⓘ
surface form:
Himawari-9
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| website | https://www.jma.go.jp/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Japan Meteorological Agency Description of subject: The Japan Meteorological Agency is Japan’s national authority responsible for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, earthquake and tsunami warnings, and related environmental observations.
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.