Japan Meteorological Business Support Center

The Japan Meteorological Business Support Center is a Japanese foundation that connects the Japan Meteorological Agency with private weather companies, media organizations and other users of meteorological information. It distributes JMA information through online services that include message- and file-format weather data, meteorological satellite imagery, earthquake early warnings, disaster-prevention weather information and access to the JMA cloud environment. These delivery services carry information-provision charges, and the center explains how prospective users can request the documents needed to apply and receive data. Its offline-data program supplies JMA-held statistical, satellite, objective-analysis, earthquake epicenter and waveform, upper-air, and marine datasets; catalogs list coverage periods and sales prices. The site also describes edited weather data in CSV and other formats, ordering procedures, and technical materials for connecting to the delivery systems. Beyond data distribution, the center administers the national meteorological forecaster examination, certifies weather instruments, runs specialist courses and supports meteorological research. Its primary role is to make official Japanese weather information available to organizations and other users through defined delivery channels.

Key features

1. Connects JMA information with businesses, media and other users
2. Online weather, satellite and disaster-data delivery
3. Paid data services with application guidance
4. Historical statistics, earthquake, upper-air and marine datasets
5. Forecaster examinations, instrument certification and training