Data sources & attribution

Every number in SHINDO has a name on it.

SHINDO shows no estimated, simulated or decorative data. This page lists where each figure comes from and the credit each provider asks for.

Last updated: October 16, 2026 · Draft for legal review

SourceUsed forCredit / licence
気象庁 Japan Meteorological AgencyEarthquake early warnings and earthquake information, tsunami warnings, weather warnings and advisories (all 58 forecast offices, municipality level), river flood forecasts, typhoon tracks, volcanic alert levels, forecast areas出典:気象庁ホームページ — used under the JMA website terms of use
P2P地震情報Low-latency relay of JMA earthquake and early-warning messagesData originates from JMA; relay by P2P地震情報 (p2pquake.net)
環境省 Ministry of the EnvironmentWBGT heatstroke index for all 47 prefectures出典:環境省 熱中症予防情報サイト
原子力規制委員会 Nuclear Regulation AuthorityLive environmental radiation (RAMIS monitoring posts) and historical series (環境放射線データベース)環境放射線データの情報提供:環境放射線データベース · 出典:原子力規制委員会 放射線モニタリング情報
国土地理院 Geospatial Information Authority of JapanBase map tiles and reverse geocoding of your position to a municipality地理院タイル(国土地理院) — terms
JR EastLine operation status for the Kanto areaInformation read from JR East's public train-information pages. SHINDO is not affiliated with or endorsed by East Japan Railway Company.
公共交通オープンデータセンター (ODPT)Tokyo subway operation statusPublic Transportation Open Data Center — used under the ODPT terms; the operators do not guarantee the data
Open-MeteoWeather forecast, atmospheric pressure, air quality, solar radiation (requested directly from your device for your coordinates)Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction CenterSolar X-ray flux, proton flux and NOAA space-weather scalesU.S. Government work, public domain
Google Pollen APIPollen forecast by speciesPollen data © Google
USGSGlobal earthquake headlines in the News tabU.S. Geological Survey, public domain
Designated evacuation sitesNearest sheltersCompiled from the national designated emergency evacuation site dataset published by GSI from municipal designations
News publishersHeadlines in the News tab (JMA press releases, NHK, The Japan Times, The Asahi Shimbun, The Mainichi and others) with links to the original articlesHeadlines and links only; articles open at the publisher
AnthropicAI-generated plain-language explanations of events, from the official figures aboveGenerated text is labelled as AI in the app

What we deliberately do not show

SHINDO does not display earthquake predictions, ionospheric or "precursor" indicators, estimated blackout zones, or any figure we cannot trace to one of the sources above. Where a provider is unavailable the app says so instead of filling the gap.

Corrections

If an attribution is missing or wrong, or you represent a provider and would like a change, write to legal@shindoalert.com.