The City of Yokohama’s agreement with The Pokémon Company to promote the 2023 World Championships together, the first held in Japan or Asia

How it’s built

1. Read from the city’s press release of 19 June 2023, which says the championships would be held “for the first time in Japan, and the first time in Asia, in Yokohama”.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

It is an agreement to promote the event jointly; on its own it does not show the city paid anything. The city expected more than 1,000 players.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

「ポケモンワールドチャンピオンシップス2023」...が日本で初めて、さらにアジアで初めて横浜で開催され

In English

Worlds 2023 is held in Yokohama for the first time in Japan and first in Asia (city press release).

Where it’s used

• ProfileThe Pokémon Company
• ProfilePokémon World Championships