Polyphony Digital Employees Unharmed by Japanese Earthquakes
As you’ve probably heard by now, Japan was rocked by a large earthquake and tsunami early this morning. Understandably, I’ve received questions from many other fans concerned about the safety of Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital. Fortunately, Kazunori tweeted not long after the event to report no major damage or significant injuries at either of the company’s studios.
Although things reportedly got pretty scary in Tokyo where Polyphony is headquartered (check out this amazing video of swaying skyscrapers in the city), most of the severe devastation is concentrated in northern Japan. GTPlanet’s thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese people during this difficult time.
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March 12th, 2011 at 1:24 pm - #Tvensky
yes, Japan really got a bad weekend… 3 huge disasters in same time.. But I heard in news today they are holding strong and going back to normal, metro is working again and people are running (sport) at the morning like everyday normal stuff.. Japanise people are very tough! From what I saw in my news channel all are working hard to keep the place clean and safe! Nuclear Plant is what they cant deal with at the moment.. hope they will anytime soon, this is so dangerous and unhealthy for Japanese people! Sad! :( and this “radioactive wave” can easily fly by wind “very, very far” Even to US and Europe, it all depends on mother nature now. In which direction wind will blow, and when it rains, this is the important part…. :( North pacific ocean is now, where the wind is blowing.. so its literally going towards hawaii…… just saw weather news (they talked about that)
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March 12th, 2011 at 9:31 am - #Meeemememememe
When I first heard of this, well I didn’t think of PD because I was tired, and I had forgotten PD was in Japan. And I knew that that was the least if japans problems.
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March 12th, 2011 at 7:58 am - #sinister_300zx
It was sad to watch all this unfold,even with the early warnings it still wasnt enough,but the japanese people are very strong and smart people (they build with stand earthquakes)my heart goes out to all those who lost loved ones,and glad that the PD team is fine and i pray that there families are all safe
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March 12th, 2011 at 9:32 am - #Meeemememememe
The Hawaiians and West Oast Americans/Canadians got early earnings, Japan didn’t.
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March 12th, 2011 at 6:03 am - #STIG_RS6
There are a lot more people in Japan then some computer game developers. I feel for EVERYONE in Japan, a few computer geeks are not headline news.
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March 12th, 2011 at 5:12 am - #Tweetman_277
I am amazed by how well the country held up to this quake! The 6TH LARGEST QUAKE EVER!!! And the casualties are relatively small. But I’m Praying for the country and its people.
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March 12th, 2011 at 3:48 am - #- SZRT Ice -
My apologies on behalf of the few ignorant people here on GT Planet, wich represent a large part of the fanbase. We appreciate you Kaz, PD, and I personally love Japan in general. I’ve been a fan of martial arts, the culture, food, the history, tradition, music, movies, some actors, and many other things that have derived from Japan since I was a child, and have dreamed of living there. It is a very beautiful place, with awesome people and culture. Alot comes from Japan that has had an effect, and has an effect on the entire world. They are part of an intrigual balance that helps keep this world together, an important part of the body that we call earth (As is every nation). It is inevitable, that as things go wrong in one place, other places are affected. We need to support Japan through this difficult time. As one hand washes the other, so to, should we support our family in need. There are many that need to get over their box. Appearance is nothing. Love is everything. And we of this world are all family. And earth is our home. This concept may be too big for many to understand. I hope some day, we all do… Sooner than later…
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March 12th, 2011 at 4:07 am - #AstonMartinGT5
Agreed :)
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March 12th, 2011 at 4:36 am - #NEEDFORFISH
Martial arts’ origin is in China, not Japan.(No offence, I just want people don’t mix up chinese and japanese. btw I love Japan more than China[even if I'm Chinese who lives in Hong Kong])
I’m glad that PD and Vocaloid are safe, but to those victims, I wish them rest in peace…
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March 12th, 2011 at 3:30 am - #AstonMartinGT5
My thoughts and prayers are with you Japan, hopefully you will be able to recover soon, RIP to those who were less fortunate
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March 12th, 2011 at 3:28 am - #mrdinosaw94
If you guy’s didn’t already know, an explosion was heard outside the plant minutes ago. White smoke and shaking has rattled the region and a meltdown is becoming more likely.
I hope for the sake of Japan and it’s citizens that they are able to prevent such a catastrophe.
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March 12th, 2011 at 2:53 am - #Gran-Turismo-5
Thank god.
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March 12th, 2011 at 2:05 am - #StuntDrifter
So very saddening to see things like this happen..but we have no control over situations like this unfortunately :\ so I mourn for those who have lost something or someone to this incident but we have to be strong together!! Majority of the world has your support Japan so know that you’re not alone in this!! You can recover quickly. :D
RIP to the victims of this tragedy..I pray for more survivors!!
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March 12th, 2011 at 1:54 am - #Wizla
Good to hear they alright
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March 12th, 2011 at 12:59 am - #BWX
It was just a general statement at no one in particular.
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March 12th, 2011 at 12:33 am - #MrHemi
If any of you actually want to put the controller down and do something useful or helpful you can either make a donation or volunteer to your local red cross office. The money they receive will go to international relief. It makes me sick to see the people joking about this. I hope you never have to deal with reality like this, but you need to wake up.
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March 11th, 2011 at 11:30 pm - #BWX
Those vids from Japan are horrific. My first thought (as some d-bags were accusing people of in this thread), WAS NOT of PD, GT5, Sony, or Kaz– but after the initial shock wore off a little I did wonder about those things.
It’s human nature to draw a personal connection to a tragedy like this, so if you’re gonna call people names, judge them, and then demean them for asking a simple question, FU and the high horse you rode in on!
And yes, it does look like Dec. 21, 2012 in Japan, even though I don’t believe in that crap. I bet the people affected by this quake/tsunami/hisht-storm feel like it’s the end of the world and for many of them it was. Pray for the survivors.
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March 11th, 2011 at 8:06 pm - #EMINEM
I’m gonna hit a tsunami with brass knuckles
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March 11th, 2011 at 7:59 pm - #Andrew
Having lived in Tokyo for several years, I know the Japanese will respond in full-force with orderly and precious recovery effort and return to business as usual as soon as possible.
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March 12th, 2011 at 9:28 am - #Meeemememememe
And the American military is already helping out
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March 11th, 2011 at 7:49 pm - #shizl73
More and more stuff looks like from that 2012 movie
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March 11th, 2011 at 7:45 pm - #rydeen
My onkel is general secretary in danish redcross, I think thats pretty cool. :)
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March 11th, 2011 at 7:00 pm - #Caio_Reinhardt
Get well soon Japan!!
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This is Mitsubishi’s fault, thay said that the EVO X is the last, the earth answered…
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March 11th, 2011 at 6:40 pm - #ChicoMaloXD
This is sad, I hope all the people in need gets help really soon.
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With the Nuclear Plant now, they have another issue, the Radioactivity…
Hope they get rid of this problem soon, or more people can suffer…