The orientalism and xenophobia in relation to a US-centric fear of Japanese globalism isn't new to Cyberpunk 2077, and isn't new to the Cyberpunk genre at all. 2077 seems really insistent on carrying all of the baggage of the entire genre over into 2020 for aesthetic. https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1255844754757165056
More information about the Tyger Claws includes that they have ties to the Arasaka Corporation, similarly to how literally every other Cyberpunk TTRPG ties the yakuza or gangs to Japanese corporations in a weird misinterpretation of the zaibatsu of the 1940's.
Hmm.. (This information is all from the TTRPG)
Hmm.. (This information is all from the TTRPG)
Hmm.. (This information is all from the TTRPG)
Western Cyberpunk media loves to portray Japan as this technological giant that forces the West to comply. In truth, the CIA funded the LDP in the 50's to make Japan the conservative hyper-capitalist hellscape it is now. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/09/world/cia-spent-millions-to-support-japanese-right-in-50-s-and-60-s.html
C.I.A. Spent Millions to Support Japanese Right in 50's and 60's (Published 1994)

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/09/world/cia-spent-millions-to-support-japanese-right-in-50-s-and-60-s.html
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