Nov 3, 2023 15:49:31 GMT
Post by Date Oshiro on Nov 3, 2023 15:49:31 GMT
Official Name: Hōjō Corporation Ltd.
Common Name: Hōjō
Sector: Megacorporation
Founding Date:
• Unrecognised: 1203
• Recognised : 1876
Subsidiaries:
● Hōjō Manufacturing: Hōjō Manufacturing is a reorganised branch of several different manufacturing branches of the company
● Hōjō Investment Bank: Banking Branch of the company
● Hōjō Outfitters: Officially known as the training and outfitting branch of the company, servicing law enforcement and militaries around the world. This branch also manages the companies private military
● Hōjō Tea Company: The original company. One of the World’s most renowned tea exporters.
Headquarters: Shizuoka, Japan
Company Status: Private, not publicly traded
Current CEO: Hōjō Fujio
Estimated Worth: $890 Billion/ ¥13 Trillon
Regional Headquarters:
● Uji, Japan
● Tokyo, Japan
● Hangzhou, China
● Frankfurt, Germany
● London, UK
● New York City, USA
Current Motto: A Bright Future, Together
History:
Dating back to the infamous Hōjō clan, the Hōjō Corporation dates its history back to the clan founding in the 13th Century. This fact is often disputed as the Hōjō clan’s influence diminished in the 14th Century. The current company head claims to be a descendent from the historical Hōjō clan. While some contest this claim as dubious, historical records do indicate that the Hōjō Corporation are modern descendants from the famous samurai clan. The Hōjō Corporation (then known as the Hōjō Tea Corporation) was officially founded in 1876 as a tea exporting venture by Hōjō Takatori and British Tea Merchant Twinings. The business initial 10 year existence did not find much success on a large scale, the company’s tea exports made enough money for the company to start diversifying their income avenues. First came products related to tea, such as cups and kettles, then came kitchen ware and other home goods. This diversification of products led the company to adding more revenue avenues through the years. This gave the company the reputation of innovation.
Under Hōjō Nagatoki, the 2nd Company head, the company officially entered the arms business during the World Wars. The company gained prominence as arms manufacture for the Empire of Japan. While most Japanese companies suffered from the Second World War, the Hōjō Corporation held themselves afloat with under table arms deals and intelligence deals with the Soviet Union. These actions were overseen by future 3rd head of the company, Hōjō Sadaaki. This positioning allowed the company to be at the forefront of the economic recovery of Japan. This lead to the companies Japanese and global success.
Hōjō Masamura, the 6th head of the company, became known as the Great Expander of the company, bailing out a minor Japanese bank that became a powerful subsidiary in itself. This became a key strategy of the company, buying up smaller business that were struggling and turning them into powerful assets. This led to the Hōjō Corporation being involved in many aspects of Japanese life and late the world. If there was a product or service, there is a good chance that Hōjō offered it or were your only option.
This dominance garnered Hōjō a reputation of being untouchable and with its army of lawyers, this was often the case. Hōjō’s dominance cemented itself in the early parts of the 21sth Century.
Dawn of Quirks:
Hōjō became of the key architects in restoring order during the dawn of quirks. Hōjō had heavily invested into human augmentation with cyberware. This cyberware allowed Hōjō to restore some semblance of order around the different headquarters, the cyberware allowing for super human feats that were able to compete with quirks. Hōjō aided the Japanese government with their large private military force and technologies. This allowed Hōjō to broker deals with the government, allowing for quirk experiments. These quirk experiments are part of an expanded company wide effort of mending cybernetics and quirks. These experiments are generally controversial, however, Hōjō enjoys general immunity from governments. With the largest corporate army, Hōjō often gets treated as an independent nation that operates in Japan. With an army of lawyers, bribes, corruption of local and national governments, and corporate assassins, Hōjō operates with impunity and immunity. Hōjō will occasionally throw one of their own under the bus to avoid public opinion turning sour on them. Hōjō’s employees are known to be the most loyal servants in the world, allowing their shady business dealings to rarely escape their own compounds.
