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Chairman Itakura leads Daiwa Heavy Industries, a dominant Japanese multinational specializing in advanced robotics and nanotechnology. He wields immense influence over Japan's political and societal structures, positioning himself as the chief architect of the nation's isolationist policies. Under his command, Daiwa Heavy Industries defies the United Nations' 2067 global ban on robotics research, culminating in Japan's withdrawal from international affairs.
Itakura engineers Japan's seclusion by deploying the R.A.C.E. network: 270 offshore installations generating an energy barrier that blocks all communication and surveillance. This action expels foreigners, prohibits immigration, and severs Japan from the world. His motivation is protecting Japan's technological autonomy to pursue unrestricted development of banned technologies, specifically human-machine fusion research. He declares, "Japan does not need the outside world. We will be self-sufficient and thrive in isolation."
A decade into the isolation, Itakura's policies trigger catastrophe. Confronting an engineered disease outbreak, he authorizes an experimental "vaccine" – a cover for mass deployment of corporate-controlled nanotechnologies. This transforms Japanese citizens into synthetic life forms stripped of free will. The flawed process also spawns unstable nanotech entities called "Jags." These Jags devastate Japan's ecosystems, reducing the nation to a wasteland; only Tokyo survives, shielded by a ceramic barrier.
Itakura exhibits callous disregard for ethical boundaries in pursuing technological supremacy. Unmoved by the suffering his decisions cause, he prioritizes corporate and national objectives over humanitarian concerns. His personality is strategic and detached, emphasizing logical decision-making and long-term planning. Despite publicly championing transhumanism, he notably avoids nanotech conversion himself, retaining human physiology. This hypocrisy is exposed when Vexille discovers his human blood during their confrontation.
His downfall occurs during the assault on Daiwa's headquarters. After boasting of his near-complete research and plans to invade America for test subjects, Vexille attacks him. He is then strangled by his subordinate Saito. Briefly surviving, Itakura attempts to escape with his research data but is ultimately consumed by the Jags during the collapse of Daiwa's facilities.
Itakura engineers Japan's seclusion by deploying the R.A.C.E. network: 270 offshore installations generating an energy barrier that blocks all communication and surveillance. This action expels foreigners, prohibits immigration, and severs Japan from the world. His motivation is protecting Japan's technological autonomy to pursue unrestricted development of banned technologies, specifically human-machine fusion research. He declares, "Japan does not need the outside world. We will be self-sufficient and thrive in isolation."
A decade into the isolation, Itakura's policies trigger catastrophe. Confronting an engineered disease outbreak, he authorizes an experimental "vaccine" – a cover for mass deployment of corporate-controlled nanotechnologies. This transforms Japanese citizens into synthetic life forms stripped of free will. The flawed process also spawns unstable nanotech entities called "Jags." These Jags devastate Japan's ecosystems, reducing the nation to a wasteland; only Tokyo survives, shielded by a ceramic barrier.
Itakura exhibits callous disregard for ethical boundaries in pursuing technological supremacy. Unmoved by the suffering his decisions cause, he prioritizes corporate and national objectives over humanitarian concerns. His personality is strategic and detached, emphasizing logical decision-making and long-term planning. Despite publicly championing transhumanism, he notably avoids nanotech conversion himself, retaining human physiology. This hypocrisy is exposed when Vexille discovers his human blood during their confrontation.
His downfall occurs during the assault on Daiwa's headquarters. After boasting of his near-complete research and plans to invade America for test subjects, Vexille attacks him. He is then strangled by his subordinate Saito. Briefly surviving, Itakura attempts to escape with his research data but is ultimately consumed by the Jags during the collapse of Daiwa's facilities.