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The guy's still alive, confirmed via Twitter. Sugimori confirmed that Tajiri is alive. Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Japan released statements saying that none of their staff was harmed in the quake, but the building did suffer some structural damage, though it is apparently nothing serious (the structural damage that is, not the quake itself).