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Bureau of Agarthan Colonization (Agaruta shokuminchika-kyoku) - All the great powers of the world, since the discovery of the inner earth, have made strides to go forward and engage with this new set of worlds beneath our own. The Japanese are no exception. While a latecomer to the great Imperial game of colonization beneath the earth, their exarchate in Satsuma provides an excellent springboard by which a more fully-fledged colonial effort might commence. While the passage between Satsuma and mainland Japan is presently only navigable by balloon, foreign powers with certain technological edges are being sought by the Japanese to rectify this shortcoming. As it stands, outside of the Satsuma domains, there is no independent Imperial Japanese presence. For now.