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Osprey aircraft prove valuable in earthquake relief operations

Edit The Japan News 23 Apr 2016
The operations are difficult, and rescuers face dangers from secondary disasters such as aftershocks and landslides caused by heavy rains ... U.S ... The Ospreys shuttled back and forth to carry drinking water, food, blankets, portable toilets and other supplies to Kumamoto Prefecture’s Minami-Aso, a village isolated due to the collapse of a national highway, playing a very important role in sustaining the daily lives of many evacuees ... + - ... ....

Search for missing resumes

Edit The Japan News 22 Apr 2016
Jiji Press MINAMI-ASO, Kumamoto (Jiji Press) — Self-Defense Forces personnel, police officers and firefighters resumed Friday afternoon their search in Minami-Aso, where two people are still missing after a series of strong earthquakes mainly in Kumamoto Prefecture since last week. The search restarted at 1 p.m ... Click to play ... + -. Generating speech. Please wait... ....

Kumamoto volunteer effort gathering pace

Edit The Japan News 22 Apr 2016
Support measures in the devastated area have been accelerated, including the transfer of inpatients from hospitals to medical facilities outside of the prefecture ... In the prefecture, volunteer centers have also been established in Mashiki and Minami-Aso, among other areas ... In Mashiki, 200 volunteers helped on Thursday, and about 170 volunteers helped in Minami-Aso over Wednesday and Thursday ... Click to play ... + -. Generating speech ... ....

Platinum president Tatsuya Minami departs company

Edit Eurogamer 22 Apr 2016
Platinum Games president Tatsuya Minami has departed the company, the developer has now announced. The confirmation, in an emailed statement passed to Polygon, claims the staffing change as part of an internal restructuring the lead-up to the company's 10th anniversary in August. This week see the international launch of Star Fox Zero for Wii U, which Platinum worked on in partnership with Nintendo ... ....

Tatsuya Minami Resigns from Platinum

Edit TechRaptor 22 Apr 2016
The president and CEO of Platinum Games resigned at the beginning of March according to a report by�GameBusiness.jp. Kenichi Sato was appointed as the new head of the company and today�Platinum’s website�was updated to reflect the change. According to the report�Seigo Tabira and Atsushi Inaba have also joined Platinum as directors ... The post Tatsuya Minami Resigns from Platinum appeared first on TechRaptor ... ....

Safety suggestions to help prepare for a nighttime earthquake

Edit The Japan News 22 Apr 2016
The Yomiuri Shimbun The recent powerful earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture and other parts of the Kyushu region occurred at night. It is essential to enhance preparedness for better coping with an earthquake occurring at night ... Kiyonaga said ... A 48-year-old female company employee in Minami Ward, Kumamoto, said, “There was no place to stand because a TV set and clothes rack fell, and CDs were scattered around my room.” ... ■ Radio ... + -....

Sanctions uncertainty hinders investor return to Iran

Edit Topix 21 Apr 2016
Iran may technically be open to foreign investors after a nuclear deal with Western powers, but many sanctions remain, deterring potential business partners who fear the US could hit them again with punishing fines. An anti-US banner inspired by American photographer Joe Rosenthal's iconic World War II photograph "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" displayed on a building in Tehran, Iran ... ....

Report: PlatinumGames' President Steps Down

Edit Kotaku 21 Apr 2016
According to Japanese game industry site Game Business, the president of PlatinumGames, Tatsuya Minami, has stepped down ... Game Business says Minami left the studio in late March ... Game Business did not state whether or not Minami is still at the company ... Minami previously worked at Capcom and spun off his own entity ODD Ltd ... Minami hasn’t tweeted since mid-March....

Bayonetta, Scalebound Studio Boss Steps Down

Edit IGN Insider 21 Apr 2016
According to a report, Platinum Games president and CEO Tatsumi Minami has left the studio ... Minami started his career in video games as an artist for ......

Platinum Games President Stepped Down in March End – Report

Edit GamingBolt 21 Apr 2016
Platinum Games president Tatsuya Minami has apparently stepped down from his role. Game Business (translation via Kotaku) reported the news and revealed that Minami stepped down near March end....

Bayonetta, Scalebound Dev's President Steps Down - Report

Edit Gamespot 21 Apr 2016
That's according to Japanese gaming site Game Business, which reports, according to a translation from Kotaku, that Tatsuya Minami stepped down from his role at the end of March ... Minami, who worked at Capcom before joining ......

Kumamoto quake rescue suspended due to heavy rain

Edit The Japan News 21 Apr 2016
Jiji PressMINAMI-ASO, Kumamoto (Jiji Press) — Heavy rain forced Self-Defense Forces personnel, police officers and others to suspend their search and rescue operations Thursday in Minami-Aso, where two people remain unaccounted for after earthquake-caused massive landslides ... A teacher mops up rainwater that leaked through the roof near shoe lockers at Minami-Aso-Nishi Primary School in Minami-Aso in the prefecture on Thursday morning....

PlatinumGames president steps down

Edit Shacknews 21 Apr 2016
Star Fox Zero is out this week, and has been receiving mixed reviews. Steve was not a fan ... According to GamesBusiness.JP (via Polygon), Tatsuya Minami stepped down from his role last month and has been replaced by executive director Kenichi Sato. . Minami began his career at Capcom , but has helmed PlatinumGames for the company's 10-year history ... ....
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