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is a corporation owned by Nintendo that is responsible for marketing and licensing the ''Pokémon'' franchise. It is affiliated with Game Freak and Creatures. It began operating in 1998 and adopted the moniker Pokémon Ltd. in 2000. The company is headquartered in the Roppongi Hills MTower in Roppongi Rokuchome, Minato, Tokyo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=会社概要 )〕 The company has separate divisions that handle operations in different parts of the world, with The Pokémon Company International supporting the territories outside of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. In South Korea, the operations are handled by Pokémon Korea, Inc.〔 ==History== The company's operations began in 1998 with the opening of the Pokémon Center store in Tokyo, before the actual trademark of "Pokémon, Ltd." was established in 2000. Since then this branch has been marketed as The Pokémon Company. The United States branch (Pokémon USA, Inc.) opened in 2001 to handle licensing overseas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=沿革 )〕 Nintendo Australia does all licensing and marketing of ''Pokémon'' products in Australia and New Zealand, as The Pokémon Company does not have an Australian branch.〔 Since 2001, nearly all licensed ''Pokémon'' products have "©Pokémon" in the copyright acknowledgments with the usual three of "©Nintendo", "©GAME FREAK inc." and "©Creatures Inc." The video games, ''Pokémon Trading Card Game'' and licensed toys are still being made by third- and second-party companies such as Tomy. In 2006, Pokémon Korea, Inc. was founded to manage the company's operations in South Korea.〔 The headquarters are located in Seoul.〔 In 2009, Pokémon USA and Pokémon UK merged to become The Pokémon Company International, which handles American and European Pokémon operations under the administration of Kenji Okubo. The company's offices in the United States are in Bellevue, Washington〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://support.pokemon.com/ics/support/contactUs.asp )〕 and its offices in the United Kingdom are in London.〔 Australian operations are controlled by Nintendo Australia. The Pokémon Company reported $2 billion in retail sales for 2014.〔http://nintendoenthusiast.com/news/pokemon-company-reports-2-billion-in-retail-sales-for-2015/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Pokémon Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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