Japan

Japan is a secondary location within The Suffering. It is unknown how much survived the plague, but it is known that at least 70% survived in Liberated Hokkaido, with 25% dying by the plague and 5% by other incidents. There have been over 60,000 survivors that escaped other Japanese islands and made asylum in Hokkaido.

Apocalypse
Japan is documented as being one of the first nations to be hit with the plague after China's pandemic. The first reported case was in Fukuoka in April 2021. It is believed that the zombie plague reached the tip of Honshu by May 2021, one month after. Their first major outbreak was in Nagoya which killed 75% of residents. After this outbreak, a major Great Panic was wept over the nation as many tried to leave by boats to unaffected islands. It is estimated that up to 110,000 may have died attempting to do this.

In late May 2021, the Hokkaido Shinkansen was closed off and eventually blown up in early July 2021 after the loss of communication with Honshu. It is estimated that only about 5,000 survivors managed to cross before the explosion. Kanoya was one of the last cities to report an outbreak in early July 2021 where it was reported that only 30% died by the plague but a further 40% by other incidents. Those who survived documented that a "wave of zombies the size of Tokyo" descended into Kyushu after "there was nobody left to eat in Honshu".

In 2024, following the waves of Western Powers liberating their nations with a liberation army, Hokkaido citizens attempted to re-liberate Honshu and Shikoku with the help of stranded survivor camps in Kyushu. However, this greatly failed after the attempt liberation of Aomori. A predicted 6,000 zombies were slaughtered and 1,000 soldiers were killed during the invasion. In 2025, Hokkaido and the Kyushu bases met with the United States to work on a plan to liberate Honshu and Shikoku through bombing all major "hot spots" whilst asking all stranded survivors on the islands to go to certain "safe-zones". This action remains to be ongoing.