Japan

<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Japan</default></title>

<image source="image"><default>File:Placeholder location.png</default></image> <header>Basic Information</header> <image source="map"></image> <label>Type</label> <label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Inhabitants</label> <header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label> </infobox>Japan is an island nation in east Asia.

Description

The Japan of Earth Bet was a nation in shambles,<ref name="17.3">An Earth where Japan was in shambles, a different president led the United States of America, there were a thousand times the number of parahumans, and Endbringers threatened to crush humanity in a merciless, unending battle of attrition. - Migration 17.3</ref> considered ground lost to the Endbringers in their war on humanity.<ref name="I13">The world waited to see if Brockton Bay would become another Switzerland, another Japan, another region that simply couldn't recover. Ground lost to the Endbringers in their relentless campaign of attrition against humanity. - Interlude 13</ref> It was dependent on international assistance.<ref>Japan isn’t a world power and it’s still dependent on international assistance 12 years after Leviathan’s visit to Kyushu. - Comment by Wildbow</ref> It no longer has many dedicated heroes,<ref name="Khonsu">Behemoth had come from deep underground. Leviathan had emerged from the ocean. The Simurgh had approached from the far side of the moon and descended to hover just above the tallest building in Lausanne.

The fourth, it seemed, was appearing in plain sight.

[...]

"Oh god," Cuff said. "Why isn't anyone stopping him?"

"There's no heroes on scene," Tecton said. "Japan doesn't have many dedicated heroes anymore." -Scarab 25.4</ref> on the other hand wildlife in the destroyed area has seen a resurgence.<ref name="16.9 c1">Well, you could say that there isn’t ‘Japan’ as a country, what with the ramifications of the Kyushu attack, but the island with its flora and fauna is basically still there. - Excerpt from Monarch 16.9</ref>

Residents

• Sentai Elite
• Daiichi's Gang
• Yakuza
• Masamune
• Black Kaze
• Laotsunn (Parahumans Online user)<ref>►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
  Replied on July 7th, 2011:
  Better arrested or banned than dead. I'd say death is the thing to worry about here. - Excerpt from Interlude 19.y</ref>
• March<ref>And that girl, who looked like she could have been May’s sister, who could have been one of the many, many people who evacuated Japan after the attack, who might have changed her name to be more American like May had changed hers, she would probably forget this momentary meeting of eyes. - Excerpt from Interlude 12.z II</ref>

Points of Interest

• Ruined, partly-underwater area surrounding Kyushu.<ref>There was no guarantee they wouldn't use Dodge's technology to visit the United Kingdom or Africa or even shattered, half-sunken Kyushu. - Interlude 26.x</ref><ref name="Masamune"/><ref name="Black Kaze"/>

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>

References

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