Yoshikawa Heavy Industries

A key part in the Wilders maintaining their control over Japan was the establishment of Kantoku Corporation as an state-sanctioned "omnimonopoly" that would fulfill every commercial aspect of society. This served two plans the Wilders had in mind; to create a perfect society free of human labour, and to make Japan completely reliant on Kantoku to the point of crippling the country's economy in the event they were forcibly removed from it.
After the Dokuritsu Insurrection, Japan's economy was indeed severely damaged. Fortunately, the Wilders underestimated how eager many Japanese were to get back to work, and once the "humanity trials" had concluded, the new Japanese government turned its focus to consolidating its infrastructure and rebuilding its economy. A strong mistrust of foreign influence saw Japan close itself off from the rest of the world, but substantial automation and a slashed population figure compared to the amount of remaining infrastructure eased the process of recovering from Tommy Wilder's "twinkie barter" economy. However, between the time of the invasion and the corporate and political stranglehold that Kantoku Corp had been given, the former corporate giants of Japan had been incorporated and dismantled by Kantoku, leaving nothing behind in their wake. New corporations had to be established to replace these economic pillars - something that proved oddly fortuitous for those looking to influence the shape of a resurgent culture.
Japanese military arms had been manufactured by Howa Machinery since 1932 all the way up to 2014, after which point the global invasion and subsequent installation of Kantoku Corp saw to the corporation's end. After Japan was liberated from the Engineers, strengthening of the military was seen as a major priority in the event of possible counterattack from the Engineers, their allies, or simply any foreign government looking to take advantage of the chaos and Japan's relative vulnerability. Yoshikawa Heavy Industries was established to fill the void left by both corporations in Japanese arms manufacturing, largely picking up where Howa left off with previously existing designs, as well as looking to harness new design and production technologies brought on by the Human-Vannai War to further empower the new Japanese Empire.
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