Overview
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WEATHERNEWS INC.

Weathernews Inc. provides weather-based information services to both corporate (BtoB) and individual (BtoS) clients across four domains: Sea, Sky, Land, and Internet, operating in approximately 50 countries worldwide. For corporate clients, the company delivers mission-critical weather solutions including optimal ship routing (OSR) for maritime vessels, aviation flight support, road and railway safety management, and energy demand/renewable power generation forecasting. For individual users, the company offers weather content through its 'Weathernews' mobile app and live video broadcast 'Weathernews LiVE', leveraging a proprietary co-creation model ('Join & Share') in which supporters contribute observational data to enhance forecast accuracy and content quality.

Market Cap
¥84.6B
US$539M
EV
¥68.7B
US$438M
Stock¥1,904▼-1.81%
US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)
LTM EV/EBITDA
12.1
x
LTM EV/EBIT
13.1
x
LTM PER
22.7
x
LTM PBR
3.9
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-28.9%pt
100
Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
MC → EV Bridge
84.6BUS$539MMarket Cap0.00BUS$0.00M+ Debt15.7BUS$99.9M− Cash0.21BUS$1.36M− Inv. Sec.0.02BUS$0.11M+ NCI68.7BUS$438MEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
19.7US$125M'22/521.1US$135M'23/522.2US$142M'24/523.5US$150M'25/524.5US$156M'26/5
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
3.78US$24.1M'22/54.12US$26.3M'23/53.87US$24.7M'24/55.12US$32.7M'25/55.73US$36.6M'26/5
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
2.16US$13.8M'22/52.40US$15.3M'23/52.44US$15.5M'24/53.12US$19.9M'25/53.81US$24.3M'26/5
Capital Structure
100%
EquityD/E 0.00xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash
CashInv. Sec.Debt
11.6US$74.0M'22/512.7US$81.0M'23/514.5US$92.6M'24/517.2US$110M'25/519.0US$121M'26/5
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 55.9%
1
WNI Meteorological Culture Creation Center, General Incorporated Foundation
15.31%
2
W.N.I. Institute Co., Ltd.
15.31%
3
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
6.26%
4
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505025 (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
3.92%
5
WEATHERNEWS INC. Stock Ownership Association
3.84%
6
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
3.55%
7
Shinko ISHIBASHI
3.19%
8
Nippon Life Insurance Company
1.80%
9
Tomohiro ISHIBASHI
1.56%
10
Shinichi ISHIBASHI
1.17%
Management
9 officers
Tomohiro ISHIBASHI
Representative Director, President
Apr 1998 Joined Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. Oct 2000 Joined the Company Aug 2003 Leader, MOBILE Service Group, the Company Dec 2006 Director, WITHSTATION Co., Ltd. Nov 2007 Representative Director, WITHSTATION Co., Ltd. Aug 2008 Director, the Company (Chief Responsible Officer, BtoS Business) May 2012 Director, the Company (Chief Responsible Officer, U.S. Sales) May 2014 Director, the Company (Chief Responsible Officer, BtoS Business Sales) Aug 2016 Executive Officer, the Company (Chief Responsible Officer, Mobile Internet Weather Business) Jun 2020 Executive Officer, the Company (Chief Responsible Officer, Public Relations) Aug 2020 Managing Director, the Company Jul 2021 Director, Managing Executive Officer, the Company Jul 2022 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, the Company Jun 2023 Director, Executive Vice President, the Company Jun 2024 Representative Director, President, Executive Officer (Chief Executive Officer), the Company (current)
1975-03-28
Masanori YOSHITAKE
Director
Jul 1996 Joined the Company Jun 2004 General Manager, Fukuoka Branch, the Company Dec 2006 Leader, Sales Division, WITHSTATION Co., Ltd. Jun 2011 Group Leader, General Affairs Department, the Company Aug 2014 Director, the Company (Chief Responsible Officer, General Affairs) Aug 2015 Director, the Company (Chief Responsible Officer, Accounting, Finance and General Affairs) Aug 2016 Managing Director, the Company (Chief Financial Officer) Aug 2017 Director, Managing Executive Officer, the Company (Chief Financial Officer) Jun 2019 Director, Managing Executive Officer, the Company Aug 2019 Managing Director, the Company Jun 2024 Director, Executive Officer, the Company (Chief Financial Officer) (current)
1972-10-14
Daisuke ABE
Director
Apr 1995 Joined the Company Oct 2008 Leader, Forecast Center Group, the Company Sep 2011 Chief Responsible Officer, Operations, the Company Aug 2012 Director, the Company (Responsible Officer, Operations) Aug 2015 Executive Officer, the Company (Responsible Officer, Operations) Jul 2016 Executive Officer, the Company (Chief Operating Officer) Aug 2016 Director, the Company (Chief Operating Officer) Aug 2019 Director, the Company (Chief Operating Officer), resigned Aug 2019 Executive Officer, the Company (Chief Responsible Officer, Service) Jun 2020 Executive Officer, the Company (Responsible Officer, Risk Management) (current) Jun 2026 Executive Officer, the Company (Chief Service Officer) (current) Aug 2026 Director, Executive Officer, the Company (Responsible Officer, Risk Management; Chief Service Officer) (scheduled)
1970-12-29
Izumi HAYASHI
Outside Director
Apr 1986 Prosecutor, Nagoya District Public Prosecutors Office Mar 1987 Registered as attorney-at-law (Tokyo Bar Association) Mar 1987 Joined Logan Takashima Nemoto Law Office Mar 1993 Partner, Eitai Sogo Law Office Jan 2015 Partner, Sakurazaka Law Office (current) Aug 2019 Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, the Company Aug 2023 Outside Director, the Company (current) Significant concurrent positions: Attorney-at-law, Partner, Sakurazaka Law Office; Outside Director, NOF Corporation; Executive Director, Hitotsubashi University; Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Nifco Inc.
1958-08-20
Ken TAMAKAWA
Outside Director
Apr 2000 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd., Tokyo Research Laboratory Sep 2010 Joined Amazon Data Services Japan (now Amazon Web Services Japan K.K.) Nov 2014 Founded SORACOM, Inc.; Representative Director, President (current) Aug 2026 Outside Director, the Company (scheduled) Significant concurrent positions: Representative Director, President (CEO), SORACOM, Inc.; Director, SORACOM CORPORATION, LTD.; Director, SORACOM GLOBAL, INC.
1976-01-10
John LAGERLING
Outside Director
May 2002 Joined NTT DOCOMO, INC. May 2010 Senior Director, Android Global Partnerships, Google, Inc. (now Alphabet Inc.) May 2014 Vice President, Business Development, Mobile and Product Partnerships, Facebook, Inc. (now Meta Platforms, Inc.) Jun 2017 Executive Officer, Chief Business Officer (CBO), Mercari, Inc. Jul 2017 Non-Executive Director, Digital Domain 3.0 Sep 2017 Director, CBO, Mercari, Inc.; CEO, Mercari, Inc. (U.S.) Sep 2020 Senior Executive Officer, Mercari, Inc. Sep 2023 Executive Officer, SVP of Global Strategy, Mercari, Inc.; CEO, Mercari, Inc. (U.S.) Aug 2026 Outside Director, the Company (scheduled) Significant concurrent positions: Co-Founder and CEO, Vanka Inc. (Vanka.ai); President and Representative Director, Contrail Co., Ltd.; Managing Member, Los Altos Investment and Aviation Co., LLC
1976-07-19
Yasushi SUGINO
Standing Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1987 Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) Feb 1998 Research Officer, General Affairs Document Group, Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. Aug 2003 Deputy General Manager, Shinjuku Central Branch, Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. Oct 2006 Deputy General Manager, Business Loan Office, SME Division (in charge of Business Planning Group), Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) Feb 2010 Senior Research Officer, Corporate Risk Management Division, Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank, Ltd. Oct 2013 General Manager, Kanetsu Loan Promotion Department, Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank, Ltd. Mar 2016 Joined the Company; General Manager, Audit and Supervisory Board Office Aug 2019 Standing Audit and Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1963-02-07
Ayami TODA
Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1991 Registered as attorney-at-law (Second Tokyo Bar Association); joined Tokyo Kyodo Law Office Apr 1992 Partner, Tokyo Kyodo Law Office Jan 2012 Partner, Tokyo Kamiyacho Sogo Law Office (current) Apr 2021 Professor, Faculty of Law, Hakuoh University (current) Apr 2023 Vice President, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (current) Aug 2023 Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Significant concurrent positions: Attorney-at-law, Partner, Tokyo Kamiyacho Sogo Law Office
1963-11-03
Zenichiro ISHIBASHI
Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1982 Joined Fujitsu Limited Mar 1990 Joined Corporate Direction, Inc. Aug 1991 Joined Intel K.K. May 2000 Controller, Product Business Division, Intel Corporation (U.S. headquarters) Oct 2002 Chief Financial Officer, Intel K.K. Dec 2005 Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, D&M Holdings Inc. Nov 2007 Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Toys"R"Us Japan, Ltd. Oct 2016 Senior Executive Officer, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Japan McDonald's Co., Ltd. Apr 2025 Professor, Graduate School of Accounting and Finance, Chiba College of Commerce (current) Aug 2026 Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, the Company (scheduled) Significant concurrent positions: Professor, Graduate School of Accounting and Finance, Chiba College of Commerce
1959-10-11
Large Shareholding Reports
Asset Management One Co., Ltd.
2026-03-06
4.32%→3.67%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-10-08
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2027
EDINET
2026-08-20
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2025 – May 2026
TDnet
2026-07-09
Full-Year Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2026
TDnet
2026-04-06
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2026
EDINET
2026-03-06
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2026-01-09
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2025 – May 2026
TDnet
2025-10-08
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2026
EDINET
2025-08-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2024 – May 2025
EDINETAmended
2025-08-22
Amended Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2024 – May 2025
TDnet
2025-04-07
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2025
EDINET
2025-01-10
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2024 – May 2025
TDnet
2024-10-04
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending May 2025
EDINET
2024-08-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2023 – May 2024
EDINET
2024-04-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Dec 2023 – Feb 2024
EDINET
2024-01-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Sep 2023 – Nov 2023
EDINET
2023-10-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jun 2023 – Aug 2023
EDINET
2023-08-29
Annual Securities Report
Period: Jun 2022 – May 2023
EDINET
2023-04-13
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Dec 2022 – Feb 2023
EDINET
2023-01-12
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Sep 2022 – Nov 2022
EDINET
2022-10-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINETAmended
2022-08-25
Amended Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-25
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-04-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-01-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-10-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-27
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-04-13
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-01-13
Quarterly Securities Report
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