AmethystBard: переводы

→Japan has found a surprising ally in the Eurasian Union. With such
an expansive territory, one desperate for resources and trade, and
for credit loans, the Eurasian Union has readily accepted what help
Japan can offer. During the Charon event, the Japanese economy
suffered greatly, as did the Union’s, making them feel even more
like kindred spirits in defying the A.I. threat.

→THE EURASIAN UNION

→Much like India, Japan sees the Middle East as a place of violent
religious and cultural extremes, which can be quite bad for
business. Japan has a small diplomatic and business presence here,
but remains poised to pull its people out on an instant’s notice.

→THE MIDDLE EAST

→The Russian territories are under the clinch of both the Eurasian
Union and Chinese occupation. It is a land of harsh extremes and
has bred a harsh people. Despite Russian technological advances
and a respectable drive for survival, the Japanese know the Russian
people aren’t truly in charge of their own destinies. This makes it
difficult to form any sort of productive union since their leaders
are primarily foreign proxies.

→RUSSIAN FEDERATION

→Japan got cut off from Africa like most other nations when the
Ivory Curtain went up. Since reestablishing contact, Japan has been
incredibly interested in Africa’s advanced genetics programs and
their space elevator. However the extensive amount of corruption
plus complicated border passage requirements has kept the
Japanese from making extensive headway. The majority of their
presence is coastal.

→AFRICA

→The Japanese respect the Indian drive for prosperity and
productivity—however they’re also a bit turned off by the
immense diversity found within the country. It clashes hard against
the Japanese ideal of conformity and reliability, and while they
have tenuous trade, they remain leery of the ongoing chaos within
the region.

→THE INDIA LEAGUE

→Let’s call these relations…tense at the moment. Oh, Japan
is certainly ready to do business with China and its associated
territories, but it also sees how the self-styled New Mandarins are
amassing as much power as they can; and their sense of superiority
clashes with the Japanese self-same perspective. It may only be a
matter of time before China turns a covetous eye on Japan with
the desire to turn it into just another vassal state.

→CHINA AND THE MANDARINATE

→#Get_On_Me33: I wish this bitch would stop calling us
tadpoles.
#SUPAKAWAII: Naw, it’s cute! I mean…it’s kawaii!
#Get_On_Me33: What are you, a fucking weeaboo?
And big worlds make for big friends or bigger enemies. The
question is, which country to coalition is which?

→It’s a big world out there, tiny otamajakushi.

→FOREIGN RELATIONS

→The current director is a former shadow ops agent only known
as Nobukazu. Few have ever seen him in person, but those who
have remark about stormy grey eyes and a voice that sounds like
a katana whisking from its sheath.

→They do have another, more noble role, though. The government
has used the A-Division to wage a slow yet steady war against
Yakuza crime. This is difficult since the Yakuza have been
established in high-ranking government positions and operate
from a seemingly untouchable social position. Yet the A-Division
has noted several major successes in uncovering and eliminating
massive drug and counterfeiting rings, as well as reducing much
of Yakuza activity within the city of Chiba. So they must be doing
something right.

→#Oni_Broni: I’ve met one of their agents before.
#Dark_Ronin: Sure you did, ami.
#Oni_Broni: I’m telling the truth! Went on a late-night
grocery run and was going by a grav-train station.
Suddenly, this guy appears outta nowhere, all dressed in
silver and black, carrying a sword that was on fire.
#Dark_Ronin: A sword. On fire.
#Oni_Broni: Then he swung it and another body appeared
outta midair and fell right in front of me. I ran, scared as
hell. Nothing about any dead guy on the news the next
day though.
#Dark_Ronin: Pretty sure I saw the same story on a
RUBoredYet? feed last month. How much Black Mist you
been porting in?

→While touted as a national security
agency, they are also known to be responsible for governmentsanctioned
assassinations, espionage, illicit TAP manipulation, and
other questionable activities to expand Japanese data control
and international relations. When foreign visitors vanish, or when
Japanese citizens abroad abruptly stop showing up to work, it is
assumed the A-Division is behind the scenes.

→This is the government’s primary intelligence force. It used
to be a private security firm until it started getting too big and
too successful, and the First General performed something of
a mini-coup. Head officials were… unemployed and replaced
by government loyalists. Now the A-Division gathers data both
throughout the Deep and in person, via deep cover agents planted
across Japan and the globe.