The Pokémon Company Donates 50 Million Yen To Aid Japan's Earthquake Victims

Common Pokémon W for donating to important causes.

Let's hope it's super effective!

nice! We love to see the big companies with resources to help people actually USE them.

Good. I hope those kids regain those smiles. If Pokémon were real, they would be helping to rescue, rebuild and recover from such disasters because after all, charity is a community effort, not simply a one man (or 'mon) task.

Nice thing to see companies with lots of cash dip in to thier pockets to help people in dire need. I know its not as black and white but if more companies/celebrities did this it could really make a huge difference to the world.

While it surely isn't that much money for a company like Pokemon, it's still nice to see them caring about their people and helping out.

@Anti-Guy There always has to be that one guy

@Anti-Guy how much have you given?

@mariomaster96 if you read their other comments, they're Anti-everything. I think they're only here to put a negative spin on everything to keep the comment section a bit spicy.

@Anti-Guy

• The Pokémon Company doesn't own Pokémon.
• They literally mentioned they have charity foundation- Pokemon With You who lend support to children affected by disasters.
• Is Square-Enixs donation enough? They're 'aggressively applying AI' apparently so 'boooo' to them too
• As I stated in my comment, charity is a community effort. Any other company can donate too. PIL, Musk etc.
• Nintendo dont tend to self promote a lot of thier charity work. If TPC did that, they'd still get flack. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
• I think people affected by disasters have bigger problems right now
• Pokémon With You was initiated in 2011. I'm assuming PWU was a good thing back then because Black and White were good games but now it sucks because Dunsparces evolution is a bit longer or something.

@mariomaster96 I was going to post a joking comment about someone will probably come along and somehow make this a negative against them, but then scrolled down and saw that...

Yeesh. I mean, just looked up the exchange rate and it is £271,700. Not exactly something to be sneezed at...

50 million yen? what is that, 500 USD? I mean every little bit helps so.

That's only $350.000 that's peanuts for such a huge company. It's like me giving 1$, hardly worth to make headlines.

At least something good came out of those Scarlet & Violet sales, then.

@Ultimapunch Japan doesn't do cents, so you take off 2 zeros. This gets you around 500,000 USD as a shorthand. Then it's another 30.8% lower, so 346,000 USD.

Obviously every little bit helps and they didn't have to give anything at all, plus there are so many different things to donate to, but I did the math and for a company that makes 4 billion dollars a year this amount comes out to about 1/6th of what they earn in one business hour or $100k less than what they earn in a single hour if you assume 24/7 income. So it's the equivalent of me donating $2.20. I donate an average of $300 a year to various charities. That's an equivalent of them donating $47,740,000 or 7,000,000,000 yen. Nintendo owns 32% so we're not sure what the exact net income is for the Pokemon Company, I just thought it was interesting math.

To me, it's something and it's still big as it will be of help. Whether they should give more or not, and yes they really can give more, but at least it's a good action.

So I'm pleased to hear it. I just hope for the best for the people involved. It's good to give to a charity with a good cause making a difference. (Don't have to give too much if that's too hard but anything can always help). I'm not saying that last statement applies to TPC, in this case.

Every bit of help is appreciated. Yes, $350,000/50mil Yen is relatively small potatoes for a group like the Pokemon Company, but this is a 1-time donation and it's still a fair amount of money. Hopefully other groups, people, and the local government will assist as well!

Helping one another is the highest form of a civilized society. An even higher form is to be humble and never mention the help offered.

Right on, you love to see it!

Every contribution helps. My thoughts are with the people of Japan.

@Anti-Guy How much did you donate?

It's when the left hand does something good and the right hand doesn't know it. That's when a gift is special.

@Joe-b isn't that from the bible?

That's good of them to help out

@NinjaNicky isn't he that 40 year old antimatter dude who likes kids games?

@Anti-Guy Why are you so bitter towards someone helping out others? I never understood this kind of mindset.

Every little bit of help/donation is always appreciated when it comes to disasters, regardless of the amount. That's what's important here.

New Year hasn't been nice with Japan so far, the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, the airplane accident at the airport, the woman with the knife in Akihabara subway.
Really hope things get better for them, my heart is with them.

@CharlieZee
Yes. 😊

@Joe-b I've started studying it and was surprised at how relevant it is for today.

@CharlieZee all I can say is good for you. Very happy for you. Good luck in your study. I don't want to say much on this site. Not sure of the tolerance level.

@Tempestryke Some people just like watching the world burn I guess

@mariomaster96 i know, right?

@Joe-b oh, ok. Thanks for the warning though I'm guessing it's understandable as to why you won't say much.
All I will say too is I hope you come to an accurate understanding of the scriptures.

@CharlieZee thank you. In fact I downloaded a read the Bible in one year schedule the other day..we'll see how it goes.

@Joe-b i don't want to sound like a spiritual geek but revelation 4:11 is my favourite scripture ever and one of the best things I've ever read.

Thanks I'll look at it. I'll have Matt 28:20 (king James wording is my favorite) lasered on my tombstone. I love it. Also, instead of "spiritual geek" just say, "I'm not a scriptologist"😄

Wow that was a really nice jester. It’s good to see companies help people like this.

Well, that’s nice of them. They didn’t have to do that, so that’s nice

@Joe-b I've been reading the New World Translation as I find it makes it easier to understand.
Also, it includes God's actual name-Jehovah-which other Bible's leave out.
I find Revelation 4:11 has more punch when it include God's name.

@CharlieZee I don't want to tell you what to read, but a CSB, Christian Standard Bible, is very good and its not for one group. New world is only for jehovah witnesses. Be carefull.

@Joe-b the only differences I've found is that the NWT version puts God's name in the places where it was taken out instead of where titles, such as Lord or God where replaced with.
Either way, we both agree that the Bible is still relevant for today and that it gives us hope in a world full of doom and gloom.

@CharlieZee No, his username is Anti-Matter. He's not a troll but just has heterodox tastes.

@Thomystic i haven't seen anti-matter on here for sometime.
I'm guessing he's been banned for trying to ignite a fight about ps4 games on a nintendo site.