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Message no. 1
From: Jan-bart van Beek <flake@***.NL>
Subject: Speaking of Japan
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 16:58:53 +0100
Can anyone tell me what the sevcret servoice of Japan in the 2050's is
called and what their job is.
Oh PS, I finally found out that the CIA indeed does still erxist, It's in
the Seattle Sourcebook.


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Message no. 2
From: Inquisitor <ESPD92MS@****.ANGLIA-POLYTECHNIC.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Speaking of Japan
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:37:00 GMT
I went on a run and encountered a bunch of guys called the Tears Of The
Emperor. Basically they were a bunch of highly skilled,cybered and bio'd
Samurai (not the street type) and Ninjas. The Sams were the heavy part of the
service, e.g. they protect all dignitaries, are present at hostage sits etc.
Message no. 3
From: Inquisitor <ESPD92MS@****.ANGLIA-POLYTECHNIC.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Speaking of Japan
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:39:00 GMT
Part 2: The Ninjas were the assassins and secret police arm. They are
responsible for all the spying, arrests and interrogation part, that which is
considered
to be without honour. Note, they are often present at riots etc and form snatch
squads whilst wearing police uniform.
Message no. 4
From: Inquisitor <ESPD92MS@****.ANGLIA-POLYTECHNIC.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Speaking of Japan
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:42:00 GMT
Part three: You can be sure that there is at least one Sam backed up by a small
squad (usually 5) of ninja working within Corp sec forces without those forces
even knowing it. None of their cyber is obvious, they all look like the average
Japanese worker, and none have finger or footprints.
Message no. 5
From: Inquisitor <ESPD92MS@****.ANGLIA-POLYTECHNIC.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Speaking of Japan
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:45:00 GMT
Part four: Another function of the Sams is to make sure that the meta humes
at .......... ( I can't remember the name of the island in Never Deal With A
Dragon) behave themselves and that none of them get away (unless thay have
gone through "special training" and "proved their loyalty".
Message no. 6
From: Inquisitor <ESPD92MS@****.ANGLIA-POLYTECHNIC.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Speaking of Japan
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:49:00 GMT
Part Five: I hope that this answers your question and maybe gives you some
ideasMy freind and I found them very difficult to deal with and out of a group
of five players only two got away with serious injuries, the others well R.I.P
guys!
;-) Punchline of the day "Take the pin out and throw it back" :-)
Message no. 7
From: Gen-ichi NISHIO <malraux@******.IIJNET.OR.JP>
Subject: Re: Speaking of Japan
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 13:46:59 +0900
On Mon, 23 Jan 1995, Jan-bart van Beek wrote:
>Can anyone tell me what the sevcret servoice of Japan in the 2050's is
>called and what their job is.

I have an idea.

Before the World War II, the government of Imperial Japan had an
organization of secret police, called Tokubetsu Koto Keisatsu, or "Tokko"
in short. The name itself means "special high police." It was established
on August 21, 1911.
Tokko's purpose was to suppress "dangerous thoughts," such as anti-
emperor, anti-goverment movements, just like gestapo in NAZI. Their
primary target were communists, socialists, anarchists, leftists, labor
unions, various religious groups other than shinto, and Koreans living in
Japan. Numerous innocent citizens were accused for blasphemy against the
emperor or a violation of Public Peace Keeping Act. Tokko tortured and
interrogated suspects so severely that many lives were lost. Tipping off
were also encouraged. Officially they had to regulate right wing movements,
however, Tokko itself intended politcal right. So nationalists and yakuza
were free from Tokko suppression. In addition, some of them were hired by
Tokko to harrass labor unions and Koreans.
Tokko was independent of the normal police, and Tokko detective could
command normal police detectives. As usual, Tokko and normal police were
at odds with each other. Tokko was secretive, and feared by normal police
detectives. Zaibatsu (megacorps) hated Tokko, too. Tokko didn't consider
economical affairs and often break away from corp's control. Even high
commenders of army, who were the most powerful in Japan those days, couldn't
ignore Tokko.
Tokko was dessolved on October 4, 1945, by the direct order of
Douglas MacArthur, the commander of the occupation force.

Why not Tokko revived when Japan announced the creation of the new
Japanese Imperial States? In 2056, Tokko detectives should be equipped
with sony cyberdecks to hunt down neo-anarchists. They will censors
every bits of 'formal' matrix traffic, and even 'informal' crypted
data exchages can be threatened. Metahumans, ORC, and Tir-affiliates
must be their target, too. They are nationalists, monarchists and
political rights. They might have a strong tie with yakuza. California
is their playground.

Here is Tokko's structure diagram in 1944. In 2056, new Tokko should
have similar structure. Metahuman Section instead of Korean Section, etc.

Special High Police Bureau
|
+--- Special High First Section
+--- Special High Second Section
+--- Foreign Section
+--- Labor Section
+--- Korean Section
+--- Censorship Section
+--- Artbitration Section
+--- General Affair Section


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Message no. 8
From: Martin Steffens <BDI05626@***.RHIJ.NL>
Subject: Re: Speaking of Japan
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 15:16:39 +0100
On Tue, 31 Jan, Gen-ichi NISHIO wrote:

[very cool idea about reviving a pre WWII japanse secret organisation]

Hey very good idea. Thanks for the background.

Greetings,

Martin
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