Japan

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Japan
Historical overview
Affiliation:	Unified Earth Government

Japan is an island nation of Earth, located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of mainland Asia. It was considered a part of Asia.

History

A ruin left standing in Hiroshima.

In 1597, a Japanese fleet of 133 was defeated by 13 ships commanded by Admiral Yi Sun-sin at the Myeongnyang Strait.

Japan remained politically and culturally isolated for several centuries before going through a technological and economic renewal in the 1800s.

During World War II, Isoroku Yamamoto crippled the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The war came to a close with humanity's first use of nuclear weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bomb at Hiroshima left a domed structure still standing.

Economy and society

A holographic sign atop the Quito Terminus, with "welcome" written in both German and in Japanese.

Japan is crowded and economically volatile. It is, however, consequently well-endowed with scientists, economists, and global culturalism, making it technologically advanced as well. Japan has always held a great amount of sway in humanity's decision making process, and this did not change under the UNSC.

AMG Transport Dynamics held a facility in Chiba.

Trivia

• Project HAYABUSA, TEISHIN-class Mjolnir, RAIJIN-class Mjolnir, and SHINOBI-class Mjolnir all draw heavily from Japanese influences.
• The UNSC "smart" AI construct known as Kusanagi was named after a legendary Japanese sword.
• The UNSC Musashi, a carrier in service with the UNSC Navy during the Human-Covenant War, could have been named after a number of things from Japanese history.
• A UNSC destroyer, the UNSC Iwo Jima, was named after the Japanese island of the same name.

List of appearances

• Halo: The Fall of Reach (Indirect mention)
• i love bees (First mentioned)
• Halo: Legends
  • Origins (First appearance)
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
  • Terminals
• Halo: Silent Storm (Mentioned only)