[Kazuma eyes Yzak a little warily--he's surprised both by Yzak expressing an interest, and by the information he's providing. Normally he'd brush the man off, but... idle conversation is a distraction enough from dwelling on lost items, and it's not like there's much else for them to do.

If he's going to be working with these people for the foreseeable future, he might as well get along with them.]

Something like that. I'm from the Empire of Japan, originally. [It's said with a degree of pride, but not arrogance--he's used to westerners having barely even heard of it. He's surprised Yzak knows as much as he does.] Perhaps it's called something else, depending what period of time you're from. It seems myself and my compatriots are something of relics.