Nintendo reveals plans to protect its game development from earthquake disaster
Nintendo has revealed its disaster plan, should a major earthquake ever affect its Kyoto, Japan headquarters.
As much as 18.5% of the world’s earthquakes take place in Japan, despite its land only covering 0.25% of the planet, according to the country’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tourism.
In a shareholder Q&A during its recent Annual General Meeting, the company was asked what its Business Continuity Plan was should there ever be a natural disaster that severely impacted its HQ.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa claimed that even in the event of such a disaster, the company has a detailed plan for how it could continue operating.
“Even if our business continuity is hindered by a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, or by some dangerous infectious disease which is highly contagious and could cause a serious medical condition, we have a documented response plan and have implemented various proactive measures so that we can restore operations as quickly as possible,” he replied.
“If a disaster occurs, we will convene a disaster response committee headed by the president that will act to confirm the safety of our employees, protect the integrity of company property, and secure personnel and communication systems for the recovery effort.”
Furukawa also claimed that Nintendo has taken other measures such as creating data backups and using multiple manufacturing partners to make sure any disruption is minimal.
“In the realm of our development activities, backups are regularly made for critical information like the data for games currently in development,” he explained. “This allows us to restore the data as soon as possible should something happen.
“In manufacturing, we try to reduce overall risk by dispersing
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