Japanese Imperial State |
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Government: Imperial state
Currency: Nuyen
Corporate Presence
Mistuhama Computer Technologies (HQ: Kyoto) (csf.134-136, cd.58-65)
Renraku Computer Systems (HQ: Chiba) (bib.42-44, cd.75)
Shiawase Corporation (HQ: Osaka) (bib.27-29)
Yakashima (HQ: Yokohama) (poad.71-72, bib.78)
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Official sources
Primary source: Year of the Comet, pp.97-105, 153-154. From this, it is
known that Japan had or has troops in (at least):
California Free State,
Peru, the
Philippines, and
Australia.
Other information comes from a description of Wuxing, Inc: Portfolio of a
Dragon, pp 74-78.
Underwater arcologies: Target: Smuggler's Havens, pp 56-59.
Yamatetsu runs an underwater domed city called Saotome Aquadome in the Sea
of Japan. This city won the Draco Foundation's award for being the first
self-sustaining underwater habitat (cd.116).
Relations with Tir Tairngire: Tir Tairngire, pg 46.
Relations with Seattle: New Seattle, pg 81 (also sea.147).
Dealings with Korea: Underworld Sourcebook, pp 61-63.
Yakuza: Underworld Sourcebook, pp 38-50.
Geomancy in: Portfolio of a Dragon, pg 83.
Military contracts with Mitshuhama for drones (cd.60).
Most heavy industry controlled by Mitsuhama (cd.63).
Occupation of San Francisco (ngna.15).
Tight trade with Salish-Shidhe (nan1.90).
Relations with Sioux (nan1.102).
Relations with Pueblo Corporate Council (nan1.114).
Relations with Ute Nation (nan1.129).
Crude oil from Athabascan Council (nan2.74).
No official relations with Tsimshian, but rumors of unofficial deals (nan2.104).
The five kilometers surrounding the atomic blast sites in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
have a backgrund count of 5 (mits.84).
Shadowland nodes in (at least) Okinawa and Honshu (tm.27).
Beppu data haven followed Yamatetsu to Vladivostok (tm.51).
The Tanegashima launch facility is operated by Hisato-Turner. Trans-Orbital launches
spaceplanes from Matagorda Island (yotc.18).
The Kagoshima launch pad is still operated by the Japanese government (yotc.19).
2006: Becomes empire (sr3.24)
2021: Metahumans first sent to Yomi (sr3.28)
2036: Troops sent to San Fransico (sr3.30)
Other sources
The JIS Project

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