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Does Nintendo support Israel?
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Nintendo. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Entertainment & media companies · Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
No recorded donations, investments or statements of support for Israel by Nintendo were found. Nintendo has no subsidiary in Israel: its products are sold there by TorGaming Ltd., an independent local company appointed as Nintendo's official Israeli distributor (Nintendo approached founder Eran Tor in 2018, and distribution began in 2019). It was TorGaming — not Nintendo — that opened the official Nintendo store at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center in June 2019, described at the time as only the second official Nintendo retail store in the world. Social-media claims that Nintendo 'supports Israel' generally trace back to that distributor-run store. Nintendo has made no corporate statement on the Israel-Gaza war; its only related public comment came in June 2021, when Nintendo UK condemned vulgar anti-Israel user-generated graffiti that appeared in Splatoon 2 ('We strongly condemn such statements, and the sentiments behind them') — a content-moderation response, not a political position. The BDS movement does not list Nintendo as a boycott target.
CTech (Calcalist) — TorGaming, Nintendo's Israeli distributor NoCamels — Nintendo store in Tel Aviv operated by TorGaming Algemeiner — Nintendo condemns anti-Israel graffiti in Splatoon 2
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-28
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-28ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer search for 'Nintendo' returns no nonprofit organizations; neither Nintendo Co., Ltd. nor Nintendo of America operates a US foundation, so there is no 990 grant trail to review.
- SEC filings — 2026-07-28Nintendo is a Japanese filer (TSE: 7974) with no SEC CIK; its ADRs (NTDOY) trade OTC without SEC reporting, so US full-text filing search does not apply.
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-28FEC search returned zero Nintendo committees; Nintendo of America has no PAC, and foreign nationals cannot contribute in US federal elections.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-28Cross-checked boycott lists and viral claims in both directions: the BDS movement does not target Nintendo; boycott aggregators base claims on the distributor-run Tel Aviv store or on index-fund shareholders (BlackRock/Vanguard), neither of which is a corporate act by Nintendo.
- usaspending — 2026-09-25Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-25 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
- lobbying — 2026-09-25Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-25 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
- ohchr — 2026-09-25Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-25. This company is not listed in it.
- whoprofits — 2026-09-25Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-25 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.
Frequently asked questions
Did Nintendo donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
No records found. We searched 9 public source types — news and official statements, nonprofit tax filings, SEC filings, and federal election records — and found no donations from Nintendo. The dated search log on this page shows exactly where we looked.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 3 distinct sources are cited for Nintendo. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-25