WEATHERNEWS INC. EXCEEDS 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS TO ITS WIRELESS WEATHER APPLICATION

The largest number of subscribers for a weather-related content service in the world!

San Francisco, CA, (June 21, 2004) – Weathernews Inc., the world's largest full-service weather company, today announced that the number of subscribers to its wireless weather application exceeded one million in May, 2004. This is the largest number of subscribers for a weather-related mobile service in the world.

Weathernews launched their wireless application on one of the official i-mode Web sites operated by NTT DoCoMo in February, 1999. Since then, it has been offering the service to major wireless carriers in fourteen countries and territories as the second and third generations of mobile phone services were introduced into the markets. The service is now offered in Asia (China, Taiwan, and Korea), Europe (U.K., Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Spain), the United States and Australia.

Available in the United States on select handsets from ALLTEL, AT&T Wireless, Midwest Wireless, Sprint and Verizon Wireless, Weathernews' wireless application delivers weather information for over 60,000 forecast locations around the world. The application costs approximately $3.00/month and includes these cutting-edge features:

The Weathernews wireless application, which is available on select handsets from leading cellular service providers, delivers weather information for over 60,000 forecast locations around the world. The application costs around $3.00/month and includes these cutting-edge features:

	Visuals of more than 130 major U.S. and international city skylines with current sky conditions
	Current conditions at top U.S. airports detailing delays and airline phone numbers
	My Weather – Preset weather information for up to 5 “favorite” cities
	Weathernews' Wake Up With Weather alarm clock, which plays a specific ring tone based on the current weather in the city for which it is set and also provides an early wake-up on those days when the weather may impact the morning commute
	A vacation planner with long-term climatological information about specific destinations

Weathernews Americas Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Weathernews, Inc. Based in Japan, Weathernews, Inc. is the world's largest, publicly-traded, full-service weather company (TSE#1, 4825). A global organization with 38 offices in 14 countries, Weathernews delivers customized, risk communication services to businesses and individuals whose lives or livelihoods are affected by the weather. With over 12,000 business customers and 1,000,000 wireless subscribers worldwide, the company consistently evaluates and evolves existing applications for weather information while exploring additional markets and industries which would benefit operationally and financially from specific weather information and delivery methods. Currently, Weathernews delivers weather information, analysis and risk communication services to some of the largest companies in agriculture, aviation, energy, marine, media, offshore oil and retail. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.weathernews.com.

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