From:	Matthew Bond mgb@*****.swinternet.co.uk
Subject:	Megas
Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:22:53 +0100

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From: "Lady Jestyr" <jestyr@*********.html.com>
To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: Megas


>
> >Guys, I have a terminology question.
> >
> >I've heard huge/mega corps referred to as both
> >zaibatsus and keiretsus (sp?). One is used currently,
> >one I've only seen used in Shadowrun. I just can't
> >remember which is which. I SUSPECT zaibatsu is the SR
> >term, but I'm not sure.
>
> Zaibatsu is the one I've heard in SR.
>
> Hey, can anyone provide translations for zaibatsu/keiretsu?
>

Well, I'm just reading the Tom Clancy novel "Debt of Honour", and
Zaibatsu is used in that to refer to the heads of the Japanese
Corporations, so I would suspect that it is a real Japanese word.

Matt