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ABOUT BLUEWX
Company information about BlueWX, an evolving weather forecasting and forecasting content service provider.
Company Information
Company name | BlueWX Co.,Ltd. |
Established | July 2023 |
Chief Executive Officer | Kazunari Watanabe |
Business Contents | Weather analysis and forecasting, and providing |
Member
Chief Executive Officer
Kazunari Watanabe
B.Eng from University of Tokyo, M.Eng from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA from Kellogg School of Management, and MPA from Harvard Kenney School
Joined BlueWX in 2025 as CEO. In prior, Kaz was Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group and led its Transformation Practice for Japan. Management experience includes Deputy CEO of a leading Japanese watch maker and COO/CFO of an airline company in Asia.
Chief Technology Officer
Yoshiaki Miyamoto
Graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, and completed the doctoral program in Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, with a Ph.D. (Science).
He has served as a JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), a visiting researcher at the University of Oklahoma, a visiting researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a RIKEN Special Research Fellow and a Special Research Fellow in Basic Science, a JSPS Overseas Research Fellow (University of Miami), and a full-time lecturer (fixed-term) at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University. He is currently an associate professor at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University.
He specializes in elucidating meteorological phenomena such as typhoons and cumulonimbus clouds, large-scale numerical simulations using supercomputers, and basic theoretical meteorological research.
Recently, he has also been involved in research related to aviation meteorology, conducting research that contributes to elucidating meteorological phenomena related to aircraft, such as turbulence.
Achievements and awards
2023 | Selected as a recipient of the "9th 1stRound" |
2023 | Adopted by NEDO NEP Breakthrough Course in FY2023 |
2023 | NEDO Technology Commercialization Program (TCP) 2022 Judges' Special Award |
2022 | Acceleration Program Mirai Cross 2023 NEDO Award |
2022 | JSAI Annual Conference Award |
2021 | Adopted as a demonstration project by the Cabinet Office |
2021 | Syono Award, Meteorological Society of Japan |
2020 | Adopted as a demonstration project by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
2019 | Adopted as a demonstration project by the Cabinet Office |
2017 | JMSJ Awards, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan (joint) |
2016 | RIKEN Basic Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Presentation Award |
2014 | RIKEN Research Encouragement Award |