"We are not equipped to protect our citizens against an outbreak of this magnitude. Our JSDF lacks the capability to defend our shores from such an onslaught and only .3 percent of our citizenry own firearms. It is for this reason that the Ministry of Defense recommends a full evacuation of the mainland and, with the cooperation of our honored Russian neighbors, a temporary resettling in the Kamchatka Peninsula." ― Tokyo episode menu radio
Tokyo was the capital of Japan, and housed the Japanese seat of government, the National Diet, and the Emperor of Japan. Previously known as Edo, it has been the capital of Japan ever since Emperor Meiji moved his seat from Kyoto in 1868, renaming Edo to Tokyo in the process.
During the outbreak in Japan, the Japanese government realized that they lacked the means to fight off the zombie horde, and instead enacted the mass exodus of the Japanese home islands to secure locations. This was fueled by the lack of combat experience of the JSDF, and strict gun laws ensured that a select few personnel had any experience with firearms. Thus, following negotiations with the Russian government-in-exile, the Japanese people were allowed to temporarily resettle in the Kamchatka Peninsula.
History[]
In the wake of the Solanum threat, the Japanese government began the unprecedented task of evacuating the entirety of the Japanese population from the Home Islands. To ensure the smooth transition of this herculean task, the JSDF began requesting small teams of volunteers to assist with the evacuation. Although the Solanum virus made it to Japan, the orderly nature of the evacuation ensured that the chaos and infection was kept to a minimal. In addition to the general mobilisation of the entirety of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force's vessels, the Japanese government secured the usage of at least numerous cruise ships to facilitate the civilian population.
Possession of alcohol and illicit drugs were firmly prohibited by the Japanese government, with the threat of boarding the last evacuation ship keeping the population in line. Notably, members of the Yakuza, the Japanese crime syndicate actively assisted the JSDF with evacuation efforts, with former member Hiroji Okada volunteering in Rescue Team 4.
Although the Home Islands were evacuated, the Japanese government were determined to return to the Home Islands, and thus began instituting numerous policies to facilitate a potential return in the future.
Setting Sun[]
In the final hours of the evacuation, Rescue Team 4, consisting of Sho Sugiyama, Kimiko Nomura, Tatsuo Matsumoto and Hiroji Okada were completing a final sweep in their search and rescue operations. Following the rescue of 34 survivors, the Team 4 was unable to locate further survivors, instead traversing upon abandoned houses and zeke-infested streets. With little hope of discovering survivors, Team 4's commanding officer ended the rescue operation, and recalled Team 4 to escort the survivors to the evacuation point.
As the team made their way back to the highway, Team 4 discovered the evacuation transport under attack from Zekes. Quickly clearing out the zombie threat, Team 4 escorted the transport through the tunnel. Discovering a major roadblock in the middle of the tunnel, Team 4 began the process of lowering it, however, the noise of the process alerted a major swarm to their position. Narrowly fending off the swarm, Team 4 determined that the evacuation of the Home Islands was a necessary choice. Upon arriving at the evacuation gate, the rescue transport was initially refused by the local JSDF commander from entering the evacuation point, as the local garrison was stretched thin defending the perimeter. In exchange for defending the gate, the JSDF commander reluctantly allowed the evacuation transport through the gates.
Thus Rescue Team 4 diverted to the barely defended Northern Gates 1 & 2. As they fought their way to the defensive lines, the team finally stumbled upon the surviving soldiers defending the gate. Although Gate 1 was heavily defended, Gate 2 had limited defences, and thus Team 4 was forced to split to defend both major chokepoints. As the hordes arrived via the highway, Team 4 fought a desperate battle for survival, as swarms of regular and mutated zombies threatened to overwhelm their meager defences. In spite of all odds, the defenders successfully held off the zeke hordes, finally allowing their evacuation transport safe passage to the evacuation point. JSDF reinforcements arrived to reinforce the gate, and Team 4 were ordered to make their way to the evacuation zone.
Final Call[]
As the JSDF command began the final evacuation process, Team 4 fought their way to the refinery, as straggling zekes were eliminated in the process. Making their way to Checkpoint 12, the JSDF defenders notified Team 4 of the oncoming swarm. Despite pleas from the team to let them through, the JSDF commander refused to allow them in, and requested their assistance in holding off the oncoming swarm. Although reluctant, the team utilised numerous defensive equipment scattered near the checkpoint to hold off the horde. Following their success at eliminating the encroaching horde, the team was allowed into the evacuation facility. Despite expecting to be evacuated, Team 4 was instead diverted by JSDF command to assist in the refinery operation. Frustrated at the diversion, the team nevertheless agreed to participate in the operation, and began assisting JSDF forces in planting explosives across the refinery.
In the midst of their operation, the JSDF forces at the perimeter were overwhelmed by the Zeke hordes. With swarms of zekes threatening to overrun their position, Team 4 hastened to set up explosives before fleeing the refinery. Upon arriving at the checkpoint near the final evacuation cruise, the team linked up with surviving JSDF personnel. Fearing that the JSDF commander had reneged on his promises for evacuation, the team was fortunately contacted by the commander, who requested the team participate in the final delaying action against the undead hordes. Supplying the defenders with a nearby tether ship for evacuation, the defenders prepared for their final stand against the undead onslaught. However, the JSDF commander and his forces were cut off from the evacuation checkpoint, and thus chose to buy time for the defenders as they set up the defences.
Holding off the horde as the JSDF began loading the final supplies, the defenders came close to falling to the horde, however, their determination and defensive equipment allowed Team 4 to prevail. As the JSDF completed the evacuation process, Team 4 and the surviving JSDF defenders evacuated to the tether ship, as their commander activated the explosives, sacrificing himself and his men, but eliminating the majority of the zombie hordes.
Cruise Control[]
As the evacuation ships made their way to Kamchatka, Team 4 was placed on standby by the ship's JSDF commander. With orders to make their way to Cargo Bay 1, the team discovered that Solanum-infected had made their way on the ship in the chaos of the evacuation. With the infection spreading rapidly and threatening to overwhelm the ship's defenders, Team 4 made their way to the Cargo Bay, as they stumbled upon JSDF defenders fighting off Zekes. As the Cargo Bay defenders were overwhelmed by the zekes, Team 4 made the decision to seal off the Cargo Bay, eventually succeeding upon holding off waves of zeke hordes.
Following their success, Team 4 was contacted by the JSDF commander, whom notified the team of the JSDF's intent to set up a kill-zone at the forward stern. Expressing pessimism over the plan, the team was initially reluctant to assist, however, they eventually agreed to do so to protect the survivors of the ship. After clearing the engineering rooms and the overrun atrium, the team finally arrived at the forward stern as they were greeted by the JSDF defenders. As they did on the mainland, Team 4 set up numerous defenses across the kill-zone and began drawing in the zeke hordes via loudspeaker. Despite holding off numerous zeke hordes, the defenders soon began running out of ammo as further hordes began bearing down on their position. In response, the JMSDF deployed attack helicopters from the Izumo to assist, with their assistance finally allowing the destruction of the remaining zeke hordes.
Victorious but exhausted, Team 4 returned to the upper decks as JSDF forces began a thorough sweep of remaining zekes. Contemplating their actions, Team 4 looked forward to their arrival to Kamchatka as they discussed the potential return to the Japanese Home Islands.
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