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Franklin Japan
Operator of the Japanese Lightning Detection Network (JLDN), selling lightning data, certificates, thunderstorm alerts and a weather API.
Franklin Japan Co., Ltd., founded in May 1991 and based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, is a weather company that runs the Japanese Lightning Detection Network, a nationwide lightning observation network. It sells lightning strike certificates, survey reports and statistical data that can be processed to a customer's specification, real-time lightning monitoring services, a pinpoint thunderstorm alert app, pinpoint weather forecasts, an earthquake early warning service and a weather data API. Delivery is through web services, dedicated systems built for the customer and the API. The English page does not name customers; a case study page is in Japanese.
| Headquarters | Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Regions | Asia Pacific |
| Forecast types | Real-time observations, Historical (observations, reanalysis), Nowcast (0 to 6 h) |
| Parameters | Severe weather & lightning |
| Product types | Data feed, API, Web app, Mobile app |
| Delivery | REST API |
| Industries | Insurance & finance, Energy & utilities, Public sector |
| Data & products | JLDN lightning observations, Lightning strike certificates and statistics, Pinpoint thunderstorm alerts, Weather data API, Earthquake early warning relay |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Website | www.franklinjapan.jp |
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