Japan

Japan
Japanese version equivalent	Japan
National languages	Japanese
Demonym	Japanese
People	Genshin Asogi Kazuma Asogi Taketsuchi Auchi Satoru Hosonaga Seishiro Jigoku Kyurio Korekuta Raiten Menimemo Susato Mikotoba Yujin Mikotoba Rei Membami Ryunosuke Naruhodo Soseki Natsume Iyesa Nosa Aido Nosa

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located near China and Russia. It is one of the member states of Interpol.

Meiji period

Main articles: The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures & The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve

Japan at the end of the 19th century.

Japan's Meiji period was a time of great change for the country, with increasing diplomatic ties with the powerful British Empire. Notable Japanese individuals from this time include Ryunosuke Naruhodo (ancestor of Phoenix Wright), Kazuma Asogi, and author Soseki Natsume.

Japanese-American settlers

A scroll depicting Misty Fey as the Master of the Kurain Channeling Technique, pre-vandalization.

Some Japanese inhabitants settled in the United States, forming communities such as the Fey clan and Nine-Tails Vale. Consequently, Japanese culture is somewhat pervasive in the Los Angeles area, as seen in instances such as Furio Tigre's collection of Japanese items in his office, the Kitaki family having a distinctly Yakuza feeling to them, and Metis Cykes's Noh mask.

The Samurai franchise is a particularly prominent example of media inspired by Japanese culture, with one-time rival series The Jammin' Ninja being another significant example. Both samurai and ninja originate from pre-industrial Japan, with samurai being the military nobility who followed a strict set of rules and ninja being covert agents or mercenaries who specialized in espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination. Thus the two were contrasts, as were the Steel Samurai and Jammin' Ninja, who were from rival television studios.

Migrating Mindy

Larry Butz had a crush on the woman who played the Pink Princess in the Steel Samurai stage show. She left for Japan after the resolution of the double murder at the Cohdopian Embassy.

A bloody Hinomaru

When Quercus Alba murdered Manny Coachen, as Coachen had attacked in self-defense, a drop of Alba's blood fell onto a box of Samurai Dogs. By chance, this spot of blood colored the sun on a black-and-white Japanese flag (Hinomaru) on one of the boxes. This led Wendy Oldbag to think that it was special, and it turned out to be a vital piece of evidence that finally proved Alba to be the culprit.

The Gavinners

The Gavinners had a concert scheduled in Japan, but it was canceled after a murder during a concert in the United States.

Development

Japan is the original setting of the Ace Attorney series in the Japanese-language versions of its games. When the games were translated into English, the setting was changed to Los Angeles, and some of the cultural references were changed to make sense to a Western audience. The names of the characters in the series have also been changed from their original Japanese-language names to English ones. For example, "Ryūichi Naruhodō" (成歩堂 龍一 Naruhodō Ryūichi) became "Phoenix Wright", and "Reiji Mitsurugi" (御剣 怜侍 Mitsurugi Reiji) became "Miles Edgeworth". Despite this, a number of artifacts from the original versions remain. This has been explained as being the result of an alternate-universe Los Angeles in which Japanese culture has been allowed to flourish and blend into American culture, instead of being met with fierce historical resistance as in real life. The English release of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles opted to keep the setting of Japan.