Weathernews Inc. is the world's largest private weather service company headquartered in Japan. It is the only global weather content maker that employs over 700 staff (including more than 400 meteorologists) in offices in 35 cities in 14 countries and regions, including United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, France, Spain, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, and Taiwan. It offers a full range of weather content using "man-machine shareware system". In November 2003, Weathernews became the first weather service company ever listed in the 1st Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (4825).

The origin of the name of Weathernews

Weathernews believes that "weather does not simply mean weather forecast, but is a news in itself (and a valuable information)". For example, it is a service which not only forecasts that it will rain tomorrow, but also tells how a life of people and corporate activities are influenced when it rains. We take into account the individual situation of our customers and advise them on how best they would behave and be ready for a given weather condition. That is in essence the kind of service that Weathernews aims at consistently, which we proclaim "RC Services".

Our Commitment

Performing a variety of weather services to meet the varying needs of 6.4 billion people on earth and offering each and every one of them an optimal service is our final goal. There is no border in weather, and it is a property for all human beings. While it is a risk, it can also be called human beings' life itself. How this great power is employed efficiently or not is dependent on the wisdom of human beings. Weathernews wishes to confess that it does not as yet have all the wisdom to resolve weather-related risks. However, we are committed to work together with all of you "for the supporter, with the supporter" to learn how weather affects our life, and how we can bring happiness, richness and solutions to our life by learning more about weather and anticipate from weather.