The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator between 100°E and the International Date Line.
This area, called the Western Pacific basin, is the responsibility of the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) is also responsible for assigning names to all tropical storms that are formed within the basin.
Also of note - the Western Pacific basin is monitored by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), which gives all Tropical depressions a number with a "W" suffix.
October 11 ● Area of convection persisted approximately 528 km (328 mi) just north of Pohnpei later that day JMA upgraded the system to a tropical depression