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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE
ISSUED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (JMA)
ISSUED AT 0000 01 MAR 2013
TO:	      TSUNAMI WARNING FOCAL POINTS AND TSUNAMI NATIONAL 
          CONTACTS OF THE UNESCO/IOC INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 
          WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM (IOTWS)
	      OTHER INTERNATIONAL RECIPIENTS OF JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL 
          AGENCY PRODUCTS FOR THE IOTWS 
	      OTHER JMA PARTNERS
SUBJECT:  TERMINATION OF INTERIM ADVISORY SERVICE FOR TSUNAMIS BY 
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY TO COUNTRIES OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
BODY OF MESSAGE:  THE INTERIM ADVISORY SERVICE FOR TSUNAMIS THAT 
HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY TO 
COUNTRIES OF THE INDIAN OCEAN SINCE 2005 FOLLOWING THE DECEMBER 
26, 2004, INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI DISASTER WILL BE TERMINATED AS OF 
00:00 UTC ON MARCH 31, 2013.  THIS ACTION IS BEING TAKEN AT THE 
REQUEST OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION GROUP FOR THE 
IOTWS IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT THIS SERVICE CAN NOW BE 
PROVIDED FROM REGIONAL TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT HAVE BEEN 
STOOD UP WITHIN THE REGION BY AUSTRALIA, INDIA, AND INDONESIA.
THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ARE TO BE TERMINATED:
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FOR MORE INFORMATION OR COMMENTS ON THIS CHANGE, PLEASE CONTACT:
  TAKESHI KOIZUMI
  1-3-4 OTEMACHI CHIYODA-KU TOKYO
  100-8122 JAPAN
  PHONE:  +81-3-3284-1743
  EMAIL:  T-KOIZUMI@MET.KISHOU.GO.JP
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