2013-12-27	JMA reported a preliminary analysis results of long-term global temperature change on 24 December, "Global temperature for 2013 to be ranked 2nd on record (Preliminary)" (PDF:181KB).
2013-9-26	JMA issued "Extreme summer conditions in Japan in 2013 - Summary of analysis by the TCC Advisory Panel on Extreme Climatic Events -" (PDF: 1.6MB) on 2 September, which mentions global warming as a possible cause for long-term trends of rising temperature in Japan.
2013-8-2	"The 10th Plenary Session of GEO (GEO-X) and the 2014 GEO Ministerial Summit" will take place in Geneva, Switzerland on 14-17 January 2014.
2013-6-14	JMA updated an oceanic carbon cycle issue on 31 May, "Ocean acidification in the western North Pacific".
2013-6-5	"Synthesis Workshop on the Carbon Budget and Forest Ecosystem in the Asian Monitoring Network (The 20th Anniversary of the Takayama Site)" will be held in Takayama, Gifu, Japan from 24-26 October.
2013-6-4	"International symposium regarding global warming prevention and coral reef protection" will be held in Okinawa, Japan from 29-30 June.
2013-4-23	The 2011 edition of "Climate Change Monitoring Report" issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency is now online.
2013-4-19	"9th International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space (IWGGMS-9)" will be held in Yokohama, Japan from 29-31 May, 2013.
2012-10-19	The 6th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium, "Accelerating interlinkages in the Asia-Pacific region for global Earth observations", will be held in Ahmedabad, India from February 25-27, 2013.
2012-6-18	We updated a few links in Links.
2012-3-27	We published the summary of the second report of the Scientific Working Group of OCCCO (PDF:268MB). [Publications]
2012-3-19	We revised the JACCO pamphlet. [Publications]
2012-3-14	"The 5th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium" will be held in Tokyo (Naional Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) on 2-4 April, 2012.
2011-12-26	"The 5th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium", which was to be held in India, has recently been rescheduled to take place in Japan in April 2012. (GEO News #17, 13 December 2011)
2011-3-22	"The 5th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium", originally scheduled on 16-18 March, 2011 in Tokyo, has been postponed.
2010-12-28	"The 5th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium" will be held in Tokyo (Tokyo Station Conference Center), Japan on 16-18 March, 2010.
2010-3-12	"The 4th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium" was held in Bali, Indonesia on 10-12 March, 2010. It's theme was "Towards a Global Earth Observation System of Systems that supports the societal benefit areas of climate and biodiversity".
2010-1-22	A new page named "Climate Change Observation" was added to our homepage.
2010-1-22	We revised the JACCO pamphlet.[Publications]
2009-11-18	"The 6th Plenary Session of GEO (GEO-VI)" was held in Washington, USA on 17-18 November, 2009.
2009-1-9	"The 3rd GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium" will be held in Kyoto, Japan on 4-6 February, 2009.
2008-11-10	We published the summary of the first report of the Scientific Working Group of OCCCO (PDF: 172KB).
2008-3-25	"The 2nd GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium" will be held in Tokyo, Japan on 14-16 April, 2008. OCCCO will organize the parallel session for "Monitoring and Predicting Climate Change". Please make a registration through the symposium web page.
2008-3-25	"Asia-Pacific Workshop on Carbon Cycle Observations" has been held in Tsukuba, Japan on 17-19 March, 2008. About 25 scientists and specialists from Australia, China, France, Korea, India, New Zealand and Thailand were participated. About 40 scientists and specialists from Japanese ministries, agencies, organizations and universities were participated. See the report on APRSAF web page.
2007-11-30	JACCO submitted GMGG to GEO as "The First 100 steps to GEOSS". (PDF:354KB)
2007-10-26	We revised the JACCO pamphlet.[Publications]
2007-1-11	The 2nd Asian Water Cycle Symposium was held in Tokyo, Japan on 9-10 January, 2007. Summary Report is available here.
2006-11-24	GEOSS-AP Symposium will be held on 11-12 January, 2007.