Nintendo Donates 50 Million JPY to Japan's Noto Region Earthquake Relief

On New Year's Day 2024, tragedy struck the Noto peninsula area of Japan, as the area was devastated with a 7.6 magnitude earthquake. Shortly after the event, The Pokémon Company announced they would be making a 50 million JPY donation to earthquake relief efforts, funding the Japanese Red Cross Society and several other organizations helping those affected.

Now, Nintendo is following The Pokémon Company's lead, offering an additional 50 million JPY donation to help with the cause. Here's what they had to say.

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Nintendo Donates 50 Million Yen to Japanese Earthquake Relief

In an official X post just hours ago, Nintendo announced they would be donating 50 million yen to the earthquake relief efforts, along with providing free repairs for Nintendo devices.

The official X post is below:

Nintendo's Disaster Relief X Post Translated

If you are having issues translating the post on X, we have transcribed the following message:

We would like to express our deepest sympathies to everyone who was affected by the 2020 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

We will provide free repairs for our products requested by people in areas where the Disaster Relief Act applies in response to the 2020 Noto Peninsula Earthquake for a period of 6 months from the application of the Disaster Relief Act in each region. In addition, we will donate 50 million yen through the Japanese Red Cross Society to support those affected by the disaster.

Regarding repair requests from areas covered by the Disaster Relief Law following the 2020 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, please also see the following page.

We pray for the speedy recovery of all those affected.