Supporting Japan Initiatives

NANMADOL TYPHOON IMPACTMiyazaki, JapanSeptember 9, 2022

About Planet Labs PBC

Planet is the leading provider of global, near-daily satellite imagery data and insights. Planet is driven by a mission to image all of Earth’s landmass every day, and make global change visible, accessible, and actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest Earth observation fleet of satellites, providing State and Local governments insights to make the right decision at the right time. To learn more visit www.planet.com and follow us on Twitter at @planet

Planet Can Help Address

Blue Carbon
Natural Disaster Response and Recovery
Illegal Deforestation
Timber Harvesting
Infrastructure Monitoring
Measuring Sustainable Development Goals
Methane Detection (Future Capability)

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Get in touch with Shoichi Seki, Japan Country Manager at shoichi.seki@planet.com

Empowering Japan’s Golden Transformation

Japan's strategic location provides a diplomatic edge to the country, but its vulnerability to tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes poses a threat to its stability. Planet's daily global imagery and key remote sensing data can help government users proactively monitor Japan’s land and coastal territories to enable faster, data-driven decisions across ministries and agencies.

HIGH-FREQUENCY, COUNTRYWIDE DATA

Planet can provide countrywide, intradaily coverage, which can reduce the need for aircraft or individual resources.

SCALABLE

Planet’s cloud-first APIs allow you to build applications quickly that scale across Japan's various ministries and agencies.

EASE OF USE

View and download imagery directly in your browser, or integrate with your existing GIS tools.

SUPPORTING COUNTRYWIDE EFFORTS

Planet supports the Japan's key priorities and has strong partnerships with innovative Japanese companies driving for stability and sustainability. Planet’s flexible delivery can provide a cadence of image delivery across ministries and agencies, helping leaders to quickly plan and respond to challenges, lowering resource management cost and improving impact to its citizens.

Defense and Intelligence

Planet pairs persistent global satellite monitoring and low latency tasking, with machine learning-based analytics to deliver early intelligence across shifting geopolitical landscapes and maritime territories.

PlanetScope • Tokyo, Japan • October 7, 2023

Land Use Monitoring

Civil Governments have leveraged Planet data to identify and monitor unpermitted cultivation operations, recover costs and reduce environmental impacts.

SkySat - Ghost Ships Iwo Jima, Japan 2015.01.12

Food Security

Planet data helps Civil Governments monitor the health and productivity of agricultural land and identify new threats that impact food security.

PlanetScope - Agriculture Sorachi Subprefecture Hokkaido 2022.05.17

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Get in touch with Shoichi Seki, Japan Country Manager at shoichi.seki@planet.com