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JAPAN
Mountains cover three-quarters of Japan, with the
larger ranges running through the center of the Japanese
archipelago like a spine.
To wering above a beautiful lake and archaic temple-
studded town emerges the sacred mountain of
Kurokiyama — an inaccessible site visited only by the
occasional Shinto pilgrim.
An ancient six-story castle with ceramic tiled hogyo
roofing and massive stonewalls looks down from its
strategic position high on the neck of the mountain. A
local shogun built it here during the Edo period — it is
a fitting setting for a 20th century oyabun like Masahiro
Hayamoto. From here he controls his yakuza
maneuverings and international arms deals.
MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A city brimming with
prosperity, luxury and incredible opportunity.
Populated by a teeming chaos of cultures,
it attracts the sharks
of organized crime
from all over the
world. It’s a feeding
frenzy.
At the same time,
spears of sterile
office buildings
burst out over the
new and ancient
populace, reaching
for the skies. And
everyone is staking
a claim for the
future.
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