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Does Toshiba support Israel?
Toshiba Corporation
Owned by Japan Industrial Partners Records for the parent company are kept separately.
Yes — Toshiba has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
Toshiba's only substantiated direct tie to Israel is the 2014 R&D center described above, and it left Toshiba's ownership when the memory business was spun off as Kioxia (2017/2019) — so today's Toshiba Corporation has no confirmed Israeli operation. What's sold under the Toshiba brand in Israel (TVs, Dynabook laptops, VRF air-conditioning systems) runs through independent local resellers and importers — commercial distribution, not a Toshiba subsidiary, the same pattern as many multinational consumer brands. No donation, statement, sponsorship, or political spending connecting Toshiba to Israel turned up in news coverage, Hebrew-language search, SEC-adjacent filings, or the UN OHCHR and Who Profits databases; Toshiba itself is a Japanese filer and does not report to the SEC, and it has had no active US political action committee since the mid-2000s. Toshiba Corporation was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December 2023 and taken private by a consortium led by the Japanese private-equity firm Japan Industrial Partners.
Haaretz Kioxia — Group Companies
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations in Israel | 2014-01 | — | Toshiba's first Israel R&D center (ex-Sanrad/OCZ Israel) Toshiba Corporation gained a direct Israeli operation in January 2014, when OCZ Technology Group's Israeli development center — built from OCZ's 2012 acquisition of storage-software maker Sanrad (spun out of the Zisapel brothers' RAD Group) for $15 million — became Toshiba's first R&D center in the country. Toshiba bought OCZ's client and enterprise SSD business out of bankruptcy for $35 million; OCZ Israel's CEO, former Sanrad chief Oded Ilan, stayed on. The operation did not remain a Toshiba unit for long: Toshiba carved out its memory/storage division as the separate company Toshiba Memory Corporation in 2017, renamed Kioxia in October 2019, and that Israeli team is today "Kioxia Israel Ltd." (software development for SSD products), a Kioxia Corporation subsidiary — no longer part of Toshiba Corporation. No other Toshiba-owned presence in Israel was found; Toshiba-branded consumer products sold there (TVs, Dynabook laptops, VRF air conditioners) go through independent local importers/distributors, not a Toshiba subsidiary. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Toshiba donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Toshiba has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel). See the records on this page.
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 Toshiba. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-23
- Globes (Internet Archive snapshot — live URL currently blocks automated fetches) web.archive.org
- Haaretz haaretz.com
- Kioxia — Group Companies kioxia.com