Tokyo - The Modern Babylon.
— Araki Kae, Pacific Rim Sourcebook
Tokyo (東京), a part of Tokyo Prefecture and officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都), is the capital city of Japan. It has served as the Japanese capital since 1869, its urban area housing the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government.[1]
Overview[]
Tokyo City's population is around 14 million, however greater metropolitan area of the Tokyo Prefecture is around 57 million, with around 34 million being in the city on a daily for work. The trains at their peak periods of the day run at 300% to 400% capacity.
Tokyo is both one of the safest and one of the most dangerous cities in the world. It's kept safe by the hordes of corporate police controlled by the Zaibatsus. However the corporations only interfere when their profits are hurt. This is where the national police or local yakuza come in to keep the streets clean of crime. The city is kept clean and safe in high density areas.
Tokyo has only been the capital since the mid 1800s, during the time of the Meiji Restoration of the Emperor. For 1,000 years before that however, the capital of Japan was Kyoto. Since becoming the capital, Tokyo has expanded non-stop, decaying, and rebuilding in a strange cycle of progression.[1]
History[]
1990s[]
Arasaka during the 1990s quickly was becoming the largest and most influential megacorporation in the world.[1]
2000s[]
In 2010, the Tokyo Bay Crossway an Auto Defense System was installed to prevent a terrorist attack that could appear in the Bridge. However in 2018, the Ministry of Science and Technology lost communication with the Bridge. No definitive answer was ever found, Tokyo police were call in along side Chiba police and even Arasaka riot control groups, but nothing was effective in taking back the bridge. The bridge became inhabited with unemployed Nomad-types, bosozoku, refugees, and other criminals.[citation needed]
In 2023, conflict during the Fourth Corporate War also found its way to Tokyo. However fights did not last long as the government cracked down on Arasaka, preventing any further conflict within the city.[citation needed]
2077[]
In 2077, the Arasaka Corporation put 27 billion New Yen towards fixing the housing crisis in the city. The Japanese government also put forth the idea of draining part of Tokyo Bay in order to make room for more megabuildings.
Bioengineers celebrated the first successful cloning of a cave lion. Scientists from Tokyo, Seoul, and Yakutsk used genetic material from the remains of an ancient female lion discovered in a bog near Kolyma river in Northern Siberia.
The Nippon Daily Corporation reported on the Relic biochip a new premium line developed by Arasaka, which they later confirmed to be accurate and revealed afterwards.
Famous braindance producer, Hideyoshi Oshima, had strived to create real emotionally touching human experiences within his braindance studio in Tokyo. For inspiration Hideyoshi traveled to Night City staying at Konpeki Plaza where he met with braindance talent.[2]
Economy & Shopping[]
Arasaka Tokyo Tower 2020
Tokyo has the largest metropolitan economy in the world. According to a study conducted, the Greater Tokyo Area (Tokyo-Yokohama) of 57 million people had a total GDP of $8 trillion in 2045 (at purchasing power parity), which topped that list. The Tokyo region is Japan's leading industrial center, with a highly diversified manufacturing base. Heavy industries are concentrated in Chiba, Kawasaki, and Yokohama, while Tokyo proper is strongly inclined toward light industry, including book printing and the production of electronic equipment.
More significantly, perhaps, Tokyo is Japan's management and finance center. Corporations, or Zaibatsus, with headquarters or branches or production sites in other parts of the country often have large offices in Tokyo, Marunouchi being the location of many of these. The close relationship between government and business in Japan makes a Tokyo location advantageous if not necessary.
To the north of Marunouchi is Otemachi, where Japan's leading financial institutions and insurance companies are located. Otemachi is also home to NTT, the communications giant. Tokyo is also the site of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, located in Kabutocho. Arasaka the world's most influential Megacorporation and largest Japanese conglomerate is located in Chuo, each division of Arasaka is controlled through Tokyo.
Tokyo holds the most corporate headquarters and regional offices compared to any other major city. So many of which either were founded and came here in the hopes of finding big business and plenty of opportunity. Kendachi, SegAtari, Fujiwara Bank, and Mitsubishi are some of the many corporations that were founded within the city.
Tokyo is the heart of industry and consumption finding something inexpensive, unusual, or not exactly legal; are all found in different well-known shopping centers. These shopping centers are found all over the city.[1]
Areas[]
Tokyo Bay Crossway[]
The Tokyo Bay Crossway was built at the turn of the century. It largely consists of 10 km of underwater tunnels, and 5 km of bridge crossing the bay. By the year 2010, law and order had declined fast and an Auto Defense System was installed to prevent a terrorist attack that could appear in the Bridge. Guard robots moving in and out of the small maintenance ducks were considered powerful enough to take on any head on attack by a terrorist group.
However in 2018, the Ministry of Science and Technology lost communication with the Bridge, which then took matters into it's own hands. Many different theories have surfaced over the years, one of the more popular ones is a virus took over the central AI and caused it to go rogue, but there still is no definitive answer.
First, the traffic lights all went down. Afterwards a small Security Office was attacked by their own drones, and then people were forced out. The Tokyo Police from Keishi-cho, Chiba Prefecture Police, and Arasaka Riot team upon request from the S&T Ministry attempted to take back the central computer, but they couldn't seem to reach it. Control from the Net to this day hasn't been established. The Bridge went rogue.
Not too long after, homeless started to migrate to the Bridge. These "Bridge People" aren't seen as enemies from the defense system, that is if they stay 200 meters away from the Control Room. Most of them live in the underwater sections of the bridge. Also, there are many who live on the artificial islands that support the above-ground portion of the bridge, and the girders of the bridge. The Tokyo Police have put it on record that around 8,000 people live in the Bridge.
As stated the people who live here are usually unemployed Nomad-types who aren't able to afford living in the big cities of Tokyo or Chiba. There's also a small portion of gaijin and Nambei-jin who are the first to go in a job crunch. There's also quite a few criminals who have also taken refuge. Since Arasaka is the law in Kanagawa, and Chiba Prefectural Police rule in Chiba, the bridge was always a jurisdiction gray zone; now a days it's just a sovereign territory.
As long as there's no skirmishes above a certain level, the bridge doesn't really interfere with the rest of the public. On rare occasions, a small riot team will go in to arrest a criminal who escaped to this location. However not all crimes will be cashed down here, big ones like Nov. 6, 2018, will be squashed with extreme force.
In the present day, the defenses appear to be invincible. There is plenty of ammo, as the auto-factories around the bridge legs keep making more from construction material stockpiles intended for the bridge itself. The government an local policing forces do not see the situation changing anytime soon.[1]
Tokyo Disney City[]
Tokyo Disney City is located in Chiba, and operated by a Japanese corporation that handles the Disney licenses. Everyone is scanned for weapons on entrance by the companies own trained security team. The New VR BBS is at the corporate mainframe in central Tokyo. Tokyo Disney City is a 115-acre theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Disney park to be built outside the New United States, and it opened on 15 April 1983. In 2020, it was known as the prefect place for Yanks to enjoy All-American traditions and good inexpensive shopping. Disney City is also well known for their groundbreaking technology and out of this world security.[1]
Infrastructure[]
Transportation[]
Tokyo, similar to the rest of Japan, has the world's most sufficient and advance metro network and bullet train system that runs through the city to the suburbs and to the rest of the country. The metros remain busy and crowded, this is due to the numbers of armed guards that the companies employ, the trains are very safe, and unruly passengers are often quickly dealt with. Other transportation options include busses, cars, motorcycles, and Aerodynes.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 PASQUARETTE, C. Pacific Rim Sourcebook. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1994.
- ↑ CD Projekt RED. Cyberpunk 2077. Video Game, Multi-Platform. Poland, CD Projekt S.A., 2020.