Hantu Japanese Remnants

The Japanese military made its presence in Panau felt for the first time when it conquered Hantu Island during World War 2. Their mission was to construct and protect a electromagnetic pulse weapon. That weapon was to be Japan's secret defense weapon.

The soldiers were not informed of the end of the war and continued to maintain their facility. This is similar to real-world events after the end of the war. The Empire of Japan deployed a large number of troops on thousands of small islands. Some of them didn't even have radios, so they had no way of knowing of outside events. The last such outposts were discovered in the second half of the 1970's.

The Japanese military maintains their facility on Hantu Island until the events of the Ular Boys mission Stranded when the weapon is destroyed and a lot of the soldiers are killed. When returning to the island later, it's still possible to see them, so the occupation of Hantu Island is still continuing.

According to a Ular pilot, the soldiers are rumored to be 100 years old. However, he was probably just exaggerating. Assuming the age of many Japanese soldiers in World War 2 was 17-25, the remaining ones are most likely between the ages of 86 to 94.