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2026/03/01Activity Report
Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 (Feb. 23-27)
2026/02/20Notice
Easy-to-understand science of visualizing climate change
2026/02/18Activity Report
ECHOES Online Seminar: How to find and read journal articles (Feb. 18)
2026/02/10Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Digest Movie!
2026/02/02Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 12 (Feb. 2)
2026/02/02Awards & Media Coverage
Yoshihiro Tachibana (A01-2) appeared on “Information Live Miyaneya”
2026/02/01Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 11 (Feb. 1) part 2
2026/02/01Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 11 (Feb. 1)
2026/01/31Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 10 (Jan. 31)
2026/01/30Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 9 (Jan. 30)
2026/01/30Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation: Introduction of installed equipments
2026/01/30Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 8 (Jan. 29)
2026/01/28Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 7 (Jan. 28)
2026/01/27Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 6 (Jan. 27)
2026/01/26Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 5 (Jan. 26) part 2
2026/01/26Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 5 (Jan. 26)
2026/01/25Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 4 (Jan. 25) part 2
2026/01/25Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 4 (Jan. 25)
2026/01/24Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 3 (Jan. 24)
2026/01/24Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 2 (Jan. 23)
2026/01/23Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation, Day 1 (Jan. 22)
2026/01/21Activity Report
2026 Winter Japan Sea Observation #0
2025/12/29Awards & Media Coverage
Yoichi Kamae (A03-8) received the NISTEP Award
2025/12/24Papers
OFES (a Japanese ocean GCM) becomes an open source software
2025/12/19Notice
Easy-to-understand Kuroshio
2025/12/18Awards & Media Coverage
Taisei Ohara, Kenta Ohara, Kosei Ohara, Saori Sakai, Rena Sakamoto, and Yutaro Nirasawa received the Matsuno Award from the Meteorological Society of Japan
2025/12/10Activity Report
FY2025 General Meeting, 3rd day
2025/12/09Activity Report
FY2025 General Meeting, 2nd day
2025/12/08Activity Report
FY2025 General Meeting, 1st day
2025/12/04Activity Report
7th online seminar hosted by Working Group for Ocean Extremes (Dec. 2)
2025/12/02Awards & Media Coverage
“Niki” (two seasons) is in the top ten of the Buzzwords Awards
2025/12/01Notice
Introduction video of A01-2 !
2025/11/30Papers
Journal of Oceanography Special Section “Midlatitude ocean-atmosphere interactions and extreme events” (cont.)
2025/11/26Activity Report
Meeting for the East China Sea observation
2025/11/22Activity Report
Workshop on designing Habitable Japan original goods (Nov. 19)
2025/11/14Activity Report
Joint workshop with the Meteorological Research Institute and the Japan Meteorological Agency
2025/11/14Papers
Research Topics “Marine heatwaves cause heavy rainfall and snowfall”
2025/11/10Papers
Research Topics “Decoding the ocean’s carbon cycle from dissolved oxygen variations”
2025/11/09Papers
Research Topics “Why are East Asian “Kuroshio” cyclones frequent in spring? – Mechanisms that bring about the distinct seasonality”
2025/11/09Papers
Research Topics “How did ocean warmth amplify East Asia’s 2023 heatwave, and how much?”
2025/10/31Activity Report
A03-7 Group Meeting (Oct. 29-30)
2025/10/25Activity Report
A02-5 Group meeting @Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory, Kyoto University (Oct. 24)
2025/10/25Activity Report
Test sampling at Tanabe-Nakashima Oceanographic Observation Tower (Oct. 23)
2025/10/09Activity Report
6th online seminar hosted by Working Group for Ocean Extremes (Oct. 8)
2025/09/30Papers
Research Topics “The Kuroshio Extension has reached off Aomori Prefecture – What has happened off Sanriku since 2023?”
2025/09/30Papers
Research Topics “Has global warming intensified heavy snowfall in Japan!?”
2025/09/25Awards & Media Coverage
Yuma Kawakami (A03-7) received the Okada Award of the Oceanography Society of Japan
2025/09/21Activity Report
Symposium “Unraveling the mystery of the recent anomalous northward shift of the Kuroshio Extension and its diverse effects”
2025/09/20Activity Report
Joint workshop of A01-3, A03-8, and A03-9 Groups @Sapporo (Sep. 16–19)
2025/09/18Papers
Research Topics “Huge water masses in the ocean interior control biological productivity near the surface!?”
2025/09/12Activity Report
5th online seminar hosted by Working Group for Ocean Extremes (Sep. 11)
2025/09/12Awards & Media Coverage
Shoichiro Kido (A01-1) received the Journal of Climate Editor’s Award
2025/09/08Activity Report
Research Topics “2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku”
2025/09/05Papers
How marine heatwaves amplified the record-breaking East Asian heatwave in the summer of 2023 (Okajima et al. 2025)
2025/09/03Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School 2025 in Ibusuki, Closing!
2025/09/02Activity Report
29th Data Assimilation Summer School (Aug. 25–28)
2025/09/02Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School: Invited Lecture and Poster Presentations
2025/09/02Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School: Presentation Session for Group Work
2025/09/02Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School: Day 2 Group Work
2025/09/02Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School: Good job on Day 1!
2025/09/01Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School: Poster Presentations Day 1
2025/09/01Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School 2025 in Ibusuki Opening!
2025/08/21Activity Report
7th seminar hosted by Working Group for Weather and Climate Extremes
2025/08/12Activity Report
Meteorological Society of Japan Summer Seminar “Weather Extremes and Disasters” (Aug. 11)
2025/08/05Activity Report
Observation analysis meeting @Tohoku Univ. (Aug. 4)
2025/07/20Activity Report
HJ International Workshop, Day 3 (Jul. 18)
2025/07/18Activity Report
HJ International Workshop, Day 2 (Jul. 17)
2025/07/17Activity Report
HJ International Workshop, Day 1 (Jul. 16)
2025/07/15Activity Report
Pre event for the HJ International Workshop at the Fukuoka Dome
2025/07/08Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #24
2025/07/07Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #23
2025/07/07Papers
A marine heatwave caused record-breaking heavy snowfall in February 2025
2025/07/06Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #22
2025/07/04Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #21
2025/07/02Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #20
2025/07/01Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #19
2025/07/01Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #18
2025/06/30Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #17
2025/06/30Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #16
2025/06/30Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #15
2025/06/29Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #14
2025/06/29Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #13
2025/06/29Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #12
2025/06/28Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #11
2025/06/27Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #10
2025/06/27Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #9
2025/06/27Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #8
2025/06/27Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #7
2025/06/26Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #6
2025/06/24Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #5
2025/06/24Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #4
2025/06/23Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #3
2025/06/22Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #2
2025/06/21Activity Report
2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku #1
2025/06/20Activity Report
Stormtrack 2025 Workshop (Jun. 15-20) Report #4
2025/06/19Activity Report
Stormtrack 2025 Workshop (Jun. 15-20) Report #3
2025/06/18Activity Report
6th seminar hosted by Working Group for Weather and Climate Extremes
2025/06/18Activity Report
Stormtrack 2025 Workshop (Jun. 15-20) Report #2
2025/06/17Activity Report
Stormtrack 2025 Workshop (Jun. 15-20) Report #1
2025/06/15Activity Report
Visit to Geofysisk institutt of University of Bergen, Norway (Jun. 13)
2025/06/14Activity Report
Seminar at Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique in Paris (Jun. 12)
2025/06/12Activity Report
5th seminar hosted by Working Group for Weather and Climate Extremes
2025/06/09Notice
The logo of Habitable Japan has been created
2025/06/06Activity Report
Joint workshop with Tokyo Metropolitan Islands Area Research and Development Center for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (Jun. 5-6)
2025/05/30Activity Report
Seminar for Beginners on Cold Air Mass Flux and MIM (May 29@JpGU2025)
2025/05/23Notice
Program open: International Workshop “Mid-latitude Atmosphere-Ocean-Ecosystem Interactions: Processes, Predictability, and Habitability” (Jul. 16-18, Kyushu Univ.)
2025/05/20Activity Report
Expanded Administrative Group meeting (May 19)
2025/05/16Activity Report
Research Topics “Golden Week observation of mode water mixing: Shinsei-maru KS-25-4 Cruise”
2025/05/10Activity Report
Radiosonde observation practice camp at Cape Shionomisaki (May 7-9)
2025/05/02Notice
FEC-SIMSEA Youth Joint Seminar (May 13)
2025/05/01Activity Report
Visiting Oku-Noto
2025/04/22Activity Report
4th seminar hosted by Working Group for Weather and Climate Extremes
2025/04/22Papers
Mechanisms for the peak in the East Asian extratropical cyclone activity in spring unveiled (Okajima et al. 2025)
2025/04/16Awards & Media Coverage
Hitoshi Matsui (A02-5) received the Nishida Prize from JpGU
2025/04/10Activity Report
A02-5 Group Meeting (Apr. 8-9)
2025/04/08Activity Report
Research Topics “Late winter observation of the Kuroshio: Hakuho-maru KH-25-1 cruise”
2025/04/02Notice
International Workshop “Mid-latitude Atmosphere-Ocean-Ecosystem Interactions: Processes, Predictability, and Habitability” (Jul. 16-18, Kyushu Univ.)
2025/04/01Notice
1st-term Publicly Offered Research projects (FY2025-2026) joined
2025/03/31Activity Report
Workshop on Ocean and Atmosphere Simulations (Mar. 27-28)
2025/03/19Activity Report
Marine Biology Symposium (Mar. 17)
2025/03/08Activity Report
FY2024 General Meeting, 3rd day
2025/03/07Activity Report
FY2024 General Meeting, 2nd day
2025/03/06Activity Report
FY2024 General Meeting, 1st day
2025/02/28Notice
On the 1st-term Publicly Offered Research (FY2025-2026)
2025/02/25Papers
Meandering Kuroshio Extension influenced heavy rainfall in Chiba in September 2023
2025/02/25Activity Report
A01-2 Group Meeting (Feb. 21-22)
2025/02/25Activity Report
A03-8 Group Meeting (Feb. 20-21)
2025/02/20Activity Report
4th online seminar hosted by Working Group for Ocean Extremes
2025/02/20Activity Report
1st ECHOES Online Seminar (Feb. 18)
2025/02/17Activity Report
3rd seminar hosted by Working Group for Weather and Climate Extremes
2025/02/17Activity Report
Group meeting of A03-7 (Feb. 13-14)
2025/02/14Papers
The world’s largest sea surface temperature increase off the Sanriku coast since 2023
2025/02/04Activity Report
2nd meeting on observations @Yugawara Onsen (Feb. 3-4)
2025/01/30Papers
Special Section “Midlatitude ocean-atmosphere interactions and extreme events” in Journal of Oceanography
2025/01/20Notice
【Important】International Workshop “Mid-latitude Atmosphere-Ocean-Ecosystem Interactions: Processes, Predictability, and Habitability” (Jul. 16-18, Kyushu Univ.)
2025/01/20Notice
Habitable Japan FY2024 general meeting (Mar. 6-8, Niigata Univ.)
2025/01/06Activity Report
2nd seminar hosted by Working Group for Weather and Climate Extremes
2024/12/23Papers
Exploring ocean carbon behavior from ocean oxygen (Yamaguchi et al., 2024)
2024/12/17Papers
Heavy snowfall in Sapporo intensified by global warming (Tamura and Sato, 2024)
2024/12/11Activity Report
3rd online seminar hosted by Working Group for Ocean Extremes
2024/12/10Activity Report
AGU24@Washington DC
2024/11/25Papers
A long-term Japanese regional reanalysis dataset
2024/11/14Activity Report
Second International Scientific Symposium of the 2nd Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and its Adjacent Regions (CSK-2) (Nov. 13-14)
2024/11/09Awards & Media Coverage
Yoshihiro Tachibana (A01-2) received the Tokai Television Cultural Award
2024/11/05Activity Report
Visiting Tanabe-Nakashima Oceanographic Observation Tower (Oct. 31)
2024/11/05Papers
Research Topics “Marine heatwave associated with loss of a huge water mass in the ocean interior”
2024/10/29Activity Report
A02-5 started observation at Chichijima Island!
2024/10/25Activity Report
A02-4 & A02-5 joint group meeting @Hiroshima Univ. (Oct. 24-25)
2024/10/23Awards & Media Coverage
Marumori Junior High alumna shining in the world
2024/10/21Activity Report
Meeting on shipboard observations @Sakihana Onsen (Oct. 21-22)
2024/10/11Awards & Media Coverage
Ryohei Yamaguchi (A01-1) received the Outstanding Reviewer Award
2024/10/10Activity Report
2nd online seminar hosted by Working Group for Ocean Extremes
2024/10/07Activity Report
1st seminar hosted by Working Group for Weather and Climate Extremes
2024/10/07Papers
AFES (an atmospheric GCM) becomes an open source software
2024/10/07Awards & Media Coverage
Maho Sugawara (A03-7, ECHOES) and Sayaka Tamura (A02-4, ECHOES) received the Young Excellent Presentation Award at the JOS fall meeting
2024/10/07Awards & Media Coverage
Honoka Abe (A01-2, ECHOES) received the “Excellent Student Presentation Award” at the JSSI & JSSE Joint Conference
2024/10/04Activity Report
31st Umi no Science Café (Sep. 16)
2024/09/25Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School Day 3 (Sep. 25)
2024/09/24Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School Day 2 (Sep. 24)
2024/09/23Activity Report
ECHOES Summer School Day 1 (Sep. 23)
2024/09/06Activity Report
Data Assimilation Summer School (Aug. 20~23)
2024/08/28Papers
Research Topics “Decreasing Oyashio water east of Japan”
2024/08/07Activity Report
Otsuchi Symposium (Aug. 5~7)
2024/07/26Activity Report
Presentation at the professional conference of Tokyo Prefecture
2024/07/26Notice
A02-5 is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (Deadline: Sep. 24)
2024/07/25Activity Report
Online seminar hosted by Working Group for Ocean Extremes
2024/07/19Notice
48th MSJ summer lecture courses (Jul. 27-28)
2024/07/16Notice
[Important] Application for Publicly Offered Research projects has started
2024/07/11Notice
Notice of the ECHOES summer school (Sep. 23-25) 2
2024/06/28Activity Report
A01-2 meeting
2024/06/11Notice
Notice of the ECHOES summer school (Sep. 23-25)
2024/06/01Activity Report
Administrative Group meeting
2024/05/26Activity Report
Kickoff lunch of ECHOES held at JpGU2024
2024/05/17Papers
New study by A03-9 found a reason for warmer and colder winters during El Niño
2024/05/09Awards & Media Coverage
Kickoff meeting of A03-7
2024/04/17Activity Report
Kickoff meeting of the Habitable Japan early-career scientist association (ECHOES)
2024/04/15Awards & Media Coverage
Habitable Japan featured on the Suisan-Keizai Daily News
2024/04/01Notice
Habitable Japan has started.