Message
“Create a society harmonized with the natural world."
Since its establishment in 1950, JWA has been analyzing surveys and providing information related to weather, the environment, and disaster prevention. Nowadays, the scale and intensity of disasters caused by meteorological phenomena (weather disasters) is increasing, and the world is undergoing enormous changes—global warming, energy problems, the evolution of information society, and the advent of a super-aging population and a declining birthrate. JWA’s greatest strength is that it possesses both survey analysis technology and technology enabling the sharing of weather information service in real time. By using its strengths to address changes in the world, JWA is pioneering the future with the aim of creating a “society harmonized with the natural world” together with its corporate and individual clients.
Message from the Director General
Kazuhiro Watanabe
Message from the Director General
In May 2025, JWA celebrated its 75th anniversary. JWA is a private weather company that can truly be called the “pioneer weather company” in Japan.
Since ancient times, meteorological phenomena have affected all human activities to a greater or lesser degree and have in no small measure determined the nature of human activities. Today, however, it is clear that human activities have influenced meteorological phenomena. This is due to the rapid and global expansion of various human production and consumption activities. How to respond to this situation has become a major concern, and in turn, weather phenomena have become a positive trigger or motivation for even more human activity. This is apparent in our response to climate change and efforts to become carbon neutral.
In an era where human activities and meteorological phenomena are becoming increasingly inseparable, JWA creates new value for people and society by linking the two more closely and organically.
JWA takes great pride in its history and traditions built over the years, but we must not rest on our laurels. We have further upgraded our unwavering technological capabilities accumulated in over seven decades to be even more innovative and highly accurate by incorporating the latest technologies such as AI. JWA will continue to take up the challenge of “creating value for people and society through the power of weather”.
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With our corporate mission of “creating a society that is in harmony with the natural world”, JWA will continue to take the lead in promoting initiatives aimed at solving social issues and creating new value by leveraging the “power of weather” for the benefit of business managers and those in charge of day-to-day corporate activities, as well as those involved in various areas of government and for the general public.
Director General
