The Shussion-Chifuni are a pet project of Nippon and the ACPS

Also known as the SHT Division, it is a very small counter-intelligence and special forces task force attached to Nippon's premiere military contractor, To'a Heavy Industries.

A leader in cybernetic and genetic augmentation, it is little surprise that most nations have adopted the Nipponese scale for grading the abilities of augmented human operatives.

The tradition of Sabanto-Meido arose in Nippon/Japan after the widescale adoption of robotics and automation. It is a cultural movement to embrace traditional values and to counter the subculture movement of the Ko girls.

Also known as a pillow droid

Likely the most common class of parapsychic powers, somantic powers are also the least flashy and visible.

The Pacific Rim coalition is one of the New Earth Governments of the Cosmic Era

A cultural phenomenon born from the warrior poet ideal of the Samurai adopted into the mainstream of society

This is an editted version of an article I did many years ago covering the basic information about sake.

Hierarchy of the Shinto religion.

Sumotori Ranks

A summary of the various ranks found within the geisha community.

Expanded ninja ranks as used by myself.

Though he is shunned as a beast to the outside world, none could deny his skill.