Editing Japan (section)

==History==
===Background===
Before [[Kyushu]], the Yakuza had entwined themselves in local business to the point that they were impossible to remove.<ref name="18.4">I wouldn't mind a system like the Yakuza of Japan's yesteryear, where we support and involve ourselves in local business, legally, to the point that nobody will be able to shake us." - [[Queen 18.4]]</ref> [[Daiichi's Gang]] hoped to join them.<ref name="22.y"/>

The [[Sentai Elite]] were Japan's foremost team.<ref name="22.y">[[Interlude 22.y]]</ref>

[[Leviathan]] attacked [[Kyushu]] on the night of November second and the morning of the third, 1999. Nine and a half million were killed, and nearly three million evacuees rendered homeless.<ref name="22.y"/><ref>"Kyushu, the night of November second and the morning of the third, 1999.  His sixth appearance.  Nine and a half million killed when the region was swamped with tidal waves from every direction while Leviathan disrupted prearranged evacuation attempts.  Nearly three million evacuees rendered homeless, a nation sundered. - [[Extermination 8.2]]</ref> Japan never recovered. <ref name="17.3"/><ref name="I13"/>

According to rumor, [[Black Kaze]] snapped after [[Kyushu]] was destroyed. Whatever the reason, she roamed the landscape, killing indiscriminately, until she was captured and sent to the Birdcage.<ref name="Black Kaze">Black Kaze.  A Japanese urban legend that had turned out to be too real.  Word was she'd snapped after Kyushu was destroyed.  Except she'd remained lucid throughout trials, calm, patient.  Nobody knew her real body count, but conservative estimates put it in the tens of thousands.  She'd roamed the remains of the landscape, killing survivors, killing rescuers, boarding the ships that approached too close to the ruined area and killing the crews, and rendering a widespread area devoid of life. - [[Extinction 27.3]]</ref>The [[Guild]] recruited [[Masamune]] from the ruined area of Japan, where he had been living as a hermit.<ref name="Masamune">Masamune wasn't present, but from what I knew of the guy, he wasn't even close to being a front-lines combatant.   They'd recruited him from the ruined area of Japan, a somewhat crazed hermit, and gave him work in figuring out how to mass produce their stuff without the maintenance issues snowballing out of control, like tinker tech tended to do in large quantities. - [[Sting 26.2]]</ref>

===Post-[[Echidna]]===
[[Khonsu]] first manifested in Japan.<ref name="Khonsu"/>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Japan was hit by [[Scion]]. Most were evacuated, but an estimated 22 million died.<ref>Japan hit.  V. little left.  Most evacuated.  22m est. dead.  Total est. toll 500m. "PRT issue phone," Sophia commented.  "Newer model than the one I had." - [[Extinction 27.3]]</ref>

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