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Old 12-27-2018, 11:49 AM   #11
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Default Re: [GAME] Incorporate a Cyberpunk Megacorp

Answer 12 (3 of 3) [STG] The three Gigacorps
"Japan Inc."
Japan Inc. is an ugly mess of a corporation. Despite its name, it has large operations on all seven continents and even off world. Japan Inc. isn't even really its name nor does it really exist. In reality, it operates a large interlocking web of Japanese corporations, with a couple banks overseeing everything. Nearly all of the component companies are still publicly traded, though with insufficient shares to actually wrest control.

It originated after the economic shocks related to the Californian earthquake and the Indo-Pakistani war in the early 2020s. To offset the economic panic, most banks in Japan were allowed to merge together. One of the resulting corporations, UFJ Post, grew fantastically powerful buying up undervalued assets as investors rushed to put their money in bonds. During the 2020s, UFJ Post and their peer competitor SMMN Financial proceeded to swallow up most Japanese corporations and monopolize nearly every industry. Critics suggest that this is less from leveraging capital and instead related to an overly cozy relationship with government and organized crime.

In recent days, “Japan Inc.” associated companies have began to take a non-Japanese character, as acquisitions have moved further afield. “Japan Inc.” is by no means a market leader in any one industry, its diversified strategy and steady above average performance has paid dividends as the corporation remains largely unaffected by disruptive technology and bubbles. The complicated web of companies makes things hard to follow, but it is believed most economic projects in North Korea are being financed by “Japan Inc.”

Question 15 [STG]
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