{"id":3007242,"date":"2011-07-22T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:1b0dc688-c4a7-4830-83d8-3750a27c5abb"},"modified":"2023-11-14T09:36:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:36:25","slug":"110722-2","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/sie-stag.altis.cloud\/en\/press-releases\/2011\/110722-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE FOR PLAYSTATION\u00aeNETWORK GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE EFFORT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\">Tokyo, July 22, 2011&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today updated the status of the Great East Japan Earthquake relief effort through PlayStation\u00aeNetwork which started in the North America and Europe on March 19, 2011<sup class=\"sie-paragraph\">*1<\/sup>&nbsp;and in Japan and Asia on March 24, 2011. PlayStation\u00aeStore has offered special custom themes for the PlayStation\u00ae3 system to those who donated money through the PlayStation Network to support emergency relief and recovery efforts for the Great East Japan Earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph sie-paragraph\">PlayStation\u00ae users\u2019 worldwide donations as of July 13, 2011, totaled to 129.7 million yen (approximately US $1.587 million). North America, Europe\/PAL territories and Asian countries and regions closed the effort on April 21, 2011<sup class=\"sie-paragraph\">*1<\/sup>&nbsp;and the total amount in each region reached to $425,644, \u20ac609,155 and 2,137,537 yen respectively. The total amount in Japan as of July 13 reached to 23,300,700 yen<sup class=\"sie-paragraph\">*2<\/sup>. 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 &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph sie-paragraph\">SCE as the member of Sony group will continue our support through the relief effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph sie-paragraph\">*1 Japan Standard Time.<br class=\"sie-paragraph\">*2 For Japan, effort is expected to close on September 20, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph sie-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph sie-paragraph\">* The numbers are calculated using the exchange rate of April.<br class=\"sie-paragraph\">* For more information about Sony Group&#8217;s ongoing relief activities, visit<br class=\"sie-paragraph\"><a class=\"sie-paragraph\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210620155239\/http:\/\/www.sony.net\/SonyInfo\/csr\/groupcsr.html?fm=csr71001\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sony.net\/SonyInfo\/csr\/groupcsr.html?fm=csr71001<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","byline":[92],"class_list":["post-3007242","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry","post-110722-2"],"ab_tests":{},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE FOR PLAYSTATION\u00aeNETWORK GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE EFFORT - Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPDATE FOR PLAYSTATION\u00aeNETWORK GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE EFFORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tokyo, July 22, 2011&nbsp;\u2013 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 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