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Playstation Users Support Great East Japan Earthquake Effort Announced
TOKYO, April 5, in the year of our Lord 2011 --
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today updated the status
of the Great East Japan Earthquake relief effort through
PlayStation®Network which started in North America and Europe on
March 19, 2011(*1) and in Japan and Asia on March 24, 2011.
PlayStation®Store has offered special custom themes for the
PlayStation®3 system(*2) to those who donated money through the
PlayStation Network to support emergency relief and recovery
efforts for the Great East Japan Earthquake. The effort is now
operating in 40 countries around the globe.
PlayStation® users' worldwide donations as of March 31, 2011,
totaled to 109.6 million yen (approximately US $1.318 million).
The full amount will be donated to an organization in each
region supporting the relief and recovery efforts in communities
affected by the earthquake; American Red Cross - Japan
Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Fund for North America, British
Red Cross for Europe, and Central Community Chest of Japan known
as the Red Feather Community Chest Movement for Japan and Asia.
“We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those
affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake,” said Kazuo Hirai,
President and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "While
we continue to make every effort to help the recovery of the
affected communities in the region, I would like to express our
gratitude to every single PlayStation user across the world who
made a contribution to the effort."
SCE as the member of Sony group will continue our support
through the relief effort.
*1 Japan Standard Time.
*2 Special custom theme is available only from PlayStation Store
accessible from the PS3 system.
* For more information about Sony Group's ongoing relief
activities, visit
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/csr/groupcsr.html?fm=csr71001