The Pokémon Company charged no licence fee to Japanese regions in its programme of local ‘ambassador’ Pokémon, as of 2019

How it’s built

1. Stated by the company in a 2019 interview with Tokyo Walker, a Japanese listings magazine: ‘We do not charge licence fees.’

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

A 2019 statement about a non-profit programme; terms may have changed since.

The value

• none charged (non-profit program)

Where it comes from

The line in the source

ライセンス使用料をいただくということはしていません。 (We do not charge licence fees.)