Kujiragari has a point. A problem Kusari has had thus far was that the factions have a difficult time RPing with their opposing numbers. Usually it descends into some variant of "Die Gaijin" and then pew. We need to mix it up a bit.
I've been personally trying to do stuff to that end but due to a lack of anyone to do it with it's kind of an uphill battle. Historically there have been a Lot of closed player cliques (Zelot :|) and that's still true thus far.
That and most folks don't know jack about actual Japan beyond "World War 2" and "Anime" (and most don't even know the depths of horror that THOSE go!), so there's a learning curve.
Don't look at me since I'm throwing cruel cybernetics and obscure Japanese (and Lovecraftean) mythology into the mess. We'll see what comes of it.