One of the more successful attempts to help the victims of the March 12 Japan earthquake and tsunami has been Play for Japan. It kicked off festivities on March 16 and within less than a month, it had been to raise a whopping $100,000. Amazing!

The committee spoke via a press release and said,

When we launched Play For Japan we knew the support from our peers would be there. We are blown away with how quickly individuals and corporations contributed, and to the degree in which they did. It’s impossible to express our gratitude enough. What we hope now is that the awareness continues. With any tragedy like this, the hardest thing is to sustain support once the event is out of the news. It will take a lot of hard work and possibly a decade to rebuild the country.

The campaign also helped auction off limited and rare-value items, such as a Miyamoto-signed DS system. There is also a Play For Japan: The Album in the works.

Currently, the running total of donations thus far is $116,941 with more money to come in in the near future. Those who have helped with this event definitely deserve a ton of praise.

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