Genji Japanese in the Azerothian Union

The Genji Japanese in the Azerothian Union number to about a thousand. Most of them live at Crossroads, while handful are in Stormwind and as far as Silvermoon City. Majority are expatriates and their descendants loyal to their homeland, with the minority political and cultural dissenters.

Overview
The Genji Japanese in the Azerothian Union comes in two categories: the Loyalists and Dissenters. The two differ significantly in loyalties to their homeland, and reasons for coming to the country in the first place. The two very rarely mingle, and take careful steps to avoid each other.

Loyalists
The Loyalists form the majority of the Genji Japanase in the Azerothian Union. First, they were diplomats and their staff sent to the main embassy in the Crossroads after the formation of the Cosmic Defence Coalition, and the consulate in the Silvermoon City. Later, expatriates that come for business such as the Genji Azeroth Company or to distance from a brief period of political violence, but loyal increased in numbers. Ambassador Hosei Harada is the de-facto leader of the Loyalists.

Dissenters
Dissenters, persecuted for their political or cultural reasons such as sympathy to Socialism, Athiesm or cultural taboos such as homosexuality. Outside of diplomatic staff, they were the first to take the opportunity to enter the Azerothian Union for freedom. Initially, they made the majority of expatriates in the country but later became outnumbered over the years by loyalist expatriates. The most prominent dissenter is Maki Murakami, based in Darnassus.

Religion
The Loyalists all follow the Genji Cult. The embassy house shrines, with attached priesthood.

Religion among dissenters are scattered however. Some have joined the Church of Holy Light, more closer to their original religion. No other converts have been reported.