Japan

"Roosevelt won't go just after Japan—we'll be at war with Hitler and Mussollini soon enough."

- Steve Rogers to Bucky Barnes

Japan, formally the State of Japan, an island nation in East Asia. Japan is a leading nation in scientific research, particularly technology, machinery and biomedical research. As such, it hosts large international corporate conglomerates such as Stark-Fujikawa.

Attack on Pearl Harbor
"At approximately eight A.M. local time, Japanese aircraft attacked the main base of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, just outside Honolulu..."

- Radio broadcast

On December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft bombed the United States base at Pearl Harbor taking the United States Navy completely by surprise and claiming the lives of more than 2,300 troops.

After the attack, Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes theorized that president Franklin D. Roosevelt would not only respond the attack going after Japan, and he would enter World War II to defeat Adolf Hitler and.

Captain America's USO Shows
Steve Rogers was chosen as the new public hero of World War II due to his heroic persecution of Heinz Kruger in the streets of New York City. The event became a front page in the newspapers, and Senator Brandt realized he had potential as a public symbol to boost the morale of the nation, and promote the purchasal of War Bonds.

Rogers joined the and began touring the nation in a colorful costume as "Captain America", accompanied by a chorus named the Star Spangled Singers, who sang a song praising his qualities and heroic feats, while disregarding the enemy. As such, during the song, it was mentioned that Captain America would kick the "krauts" or Germans until reaching Japan.

Celebration Place
Tony Stark was able to clean several square miles of a -infested desert in Afghanistan, thwarting the Ten Rings in their goal to kill the canine brigades tasked by the Afghani armed forces to detect the explosives.

Stark used a Magna-Drone that was able to attract the landmines with a 100% retrieval and non-detonation rate, making Stark wanting to travel to Tokyo in Japan, in order to celebrate the success of his task.

Black Widow's Past
"If you do this none of your past will remain hidden: not Budapest, Osaka, the Children's War. Are you sure you want the world to see you as you truly are?" "Are you?"

- Alexander Pierce and Black Widow

In an attempt to intimidate Black Widow to keep her from downloading S.H.I.E.L.D.'s exploits on the internet, Alexander Pierce told her that her past will also be exposed. He mentioned Osaka as one of the places that she did something less than respectable.

Toshiro Mori's Green Tea
Shizuoka is the place of origin of Toshiro Mori's favourite pan-fried green tea.

Bobbi Morse asked Mori about the tea while infiltrating his house using her HYDRA cover, in order to gather information about the weapons used by HYDRA during an attack to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. As an answer, Mori acknowledged that Morse always remembered every little detail.