In Japan, an elite class called Logos appears, controlling special zones in the country which have most of the wealth and resources. These special zones were created with the help of Power Assist Technology, which allowed Japan to recover from the consequences of the worldwide disaster (which included a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels resulting in the permanent submerging of low-lying areas and a subsequent ice age in much of the Northern Hemisphere), albeit to a strictly limited degree.
In Japan, an elite group called Logos controls special zones that hold most of the country's wealth and resources. These zones were created with Power Assist Technology, which helped Japan recover from the global disaster (which included land sinking and rising sea levels leading to submerged low-lying areas and a Northern Hemisphere ice age).