Japonese Army

Japonese Army
Leader	Unknown
Chairperson	Unknown
Commanders	Unknown
Founded	Before 2029
Headquarters	Japan
Area of Operations	Worldwide
Enemies With	Regular Army
Affiliated With	Rebel Army

The Japonese Army (ジャポネス軍, Japonesu-gun) is Japan's official army and was a major faction during the Second Modern War.

History

Before the beginning of the Second Modern War and the events of Metal Slug 2, the Rebel Army offered an alliance to the Japonese Army, along with the Arabian Infantry, in order to make additional allies to take over the world with more ease. The army accepted the offer, thinking it as an opportunity to extend Japan's territory.

The Japonese Army began its activities at the same time as the Arabian Infantry. Its divisions were sent across the globe to eliminate the Regular Army's troops.

Unfortunately, because of their outdated equipment (much like the Arabians), the divisions were annihilated by the Regular troops shortly after they were sent.

The Japonese Army, now without any more active divisions, was forced to surrender to the Regular Army in order to prevent them from entering their mainland, thus terminating its ongoing invasions.

The army supposedly became neutral after its involvement in the Second Modern War, but no words were said from it since.

However, unbeknownst to most people, one of its divisions remains active somewhere in South America.

Divisions

• Division 6

Trivia

• The name "Japonese" is derived from "Japon", the name for Japan in French, Spanish, and Turkish.
• The Japonese Army is based on the real-life Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Their symbol is a crescent moon instead of the iconic rising sun.
• This faction, although a participant of these, is never encountered by the player in the events of Metal Slug 2/X.
• The Japonese Army are based on Japanese holdouts, IJA soldiers who continued to fight by themselves into the 1970s, unaware of Japan's surrender in 1945.