Kainan Crisis
The Kainan Crisis is an ongoing series of anti-government protests, riots, and armed insurgencies taking place in Kainan in 2021. The movement has been organised against the repressinve Inui regime in Kainan, which enforces policies that maintain high levels of inequality between the country's ruling classes and its much larger working classes. Major issues which led to the beginning of the protests in Kainan include racism, economic stratification, and labour exploitation.
Timeline
March 2021
Protests erupt in Tokoya, Kumamoto, Okamachi, and Hyogo against repression of the indigenous population of Kainan by the ethnic Dayashinese and half Dayashinese ruling classes Protestors start a massive social media movement to share information about oppression in Kainan
April 2021
Protests grew in size and area covered, with isolated instances of violence and non-lethal force undertaken by police against protestors Kainan reinforces police barricades with military and paramilitary personnel and equipment in response to protestors threatening to pour into businesses, public facilities, and ethnically Dayashinese priveleged neighbourhoods Dayashina issued a recall for all Dayashinese citizens in Kainan to return home within two weeks, under threat of violence Kainanese military and police secured embassy district in Tokoya, blocking it off from protestors Kainanese military undertook a probing offensive against separatist factions inland, utilising loitering munitions and drone strikes to seize control of a number of separatist checkpoints
May 2021
Situation escalated as protestors attempted to seize control of University of Tokoya, Maya Financial Tower, and multiple Shijukunese luxury auto dealerships - police responded with excessive force and mass arrests Separatist activity in inland provinces decreases notably following Kainanese offensive
International responses
In April of 2021, Dayashinese Prime Minister Daichi Noru issued a recall for all Dayashinese citizens in Kainan to return within two weeks, followed by an outright travel ban for any Dayashinese to travel to Kainan on grounds of instability and open threat to ethnically Dayashinese persons. Despite outcries on social media and in press conferences for a statement, the Dayashinese government remained notably silent on the issue of the Kainan Crisis, refusing to comment until the situation deteriorated in May.