On February 12, 2014, the top news of the Kobe local newspaper reports the Phased Array Weather Radar being built in the western part of Kobe city. The radar will start observing the 3-dimensional structure of rain particles and their motions in the air by the end of March, 2014. The article includes my comments on the innovative aspect and potential utility of the new-type weather radar in numerical weather prediction.
Here is the link to the news article (sorry, only in Japanese!)