Japan (Earth-9471)

Japan (日本国  "State of Japan") is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and China in the southwest.

History
Dr. Wallace Fujikawa was born in Japan on January 20th, 2220. He later rose to become a prominient physician, later creating the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine alongside Dr. Wallace Fujikawa in 2291.

Japan was the headquarters of the Yutani Corporation. Once the company was bought and merged with Weyland Industries in 2399, Japan became one of the main hubs for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation on Earth.

Dr. Hi Matsushita was born in Japan.