Hiroyoshi Ishibashi, who served as the representative director and president of the Japanese subsidiary of Ocean Routes (ORCJ), a marine meteorological research company headquartered in the United States, expanded the company's land and aviation divisions to 180 million yen with the cooperation of financial institutions.

[2] The background for its establishment was a maritime accident in January 1970 when a cargo ship sank due to a bomb cyclone that hit Onahama Port, killing 15 people.

This included providing cloud images for television from Japan's first meteorological satellite Himawari.

[7] In October 1991 it provided the world's first weather forecast using entirely 3D CGI graphics to News Station (TV Asahi).

It also keeps sales and marketing offices in the aforementioned locations plus Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Hanoi, Singapore, Jakarta, Kathmandu, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, London, Athens, Milan, New York and São Paulo.