Japan\u2019s Weathernews on Thursday released a global version of its weather app in 57 languages, including English, Chinese and Hindi.<\/p>\n
The app is expected to help people prepare early for\u00a0disasters by delivering alerts when rain clouds approach and providing users with consolidated weather warnings from around the world.<\/p>\n
The global version of the app allows users to monitor weather conditions and rain cloud movements within a square kilometer, with the information updated every 10 minutes. Users can also receive alerts for heavy rain in locations they choose in advance.<\/p>\n
While the basic function of the app is available for free, additional features, such as checking the forecast for rain clouds three hours ahead and accessing the previous day\u2019s weather satellite images, require fees. The monthly fee is $1.99 in the United States and \u20ac1.99 ($2.30)\u00a0in the eurozone.<\/p>\n
The weather forecasting company aims to generate \u00a55 billion in revenue from the global version, including through service fees and advertising income, over the next five years.<\/p>\n
Following the launch, Weathernews plans to enhance the accuracy of its weather forecast by incorporating reports on local sky conditions and perceived weather conditions from users around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s Weathernews on Thursday released a global version of its weather app in 57 languages, including English, Chinese…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6460,1729,9708,8,33,27240],"class_list":["post-69682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-apps","tag-environment","tag-heat","tag-japan","tag-nihon","tag-rainy-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}