The Meteorological Agency plans to retire three of its five ships monitoring weather in coastal waters next March due to technological advances in weather observation systems, agency sources said Friday.
In a major change in the role of Japanese weather vessels, the agency also intends to put more focus on climate change observation in the Northwestern Pacific by using the remaining two 1,400-ton-class ships.
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