Japan

This article is considered accurate for the current version of the game.

Japan

Capital province

Tokyo

Government type

Imperial Monarchy

Faction

Axis

Japan was leader of the Axis powers in the Pacific Theatre. Some people consider that World War II actually began with the invasion of China by Japan. At August 6, 1945, the Americans dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Late in the evening of August 8, according to the Yalta agreements, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, and shortly after midnight on August 9 attacked Manchukuo. The total shock of these events forced Emperor Hirohito to intervene and compel the big six to agree on the terms of ending the war, taken by the Allies in the Potsdam Conference. After several days of backroom negotiations and failed attempts to repel the stockpiles of biological weapons of Unit 731 in Manchuria, captured by Soviet paratroopers, and the collapse of the Kwantung Army, at August 15 Hirohito addressed the nation by radio and announced the surrender of Japan. The signing ceremony of Act of Capitulation took place on September 2 aboard the United States Navy battleship "Missouri".

Technology[edit]

Brief overview of nation's technological capabilities.

Diplomacy[edit]

Brief overview of nation's diplomatic situation in 1936.

Alliances[edit]

Brief overview of nation's alliances.

National Focus[edit]

As one of the seven Majors, Japan has a unique National Focus tree.

Reinforce the Soviet Border[edit]

@Southern expansion

Strike the USA!

@Northern expansion

Chinese Border Incident[edit]

Chinese Puppet

War with China

Subdue the Warlords (only with Chinese Puppet)

Sever Sino German Ties

@Found our Faction

@Axis leanings

Improved National Spirit

Indian National Army

Demand French Indochina

@Befriend Siam

@Pressure Siam

Armor Innovation (need Axis leanings,and Army Motorization)

Army Primacy[edit]

Army Innovation

Army air innovation

Army base expansion

Army Motorization

Army Innovation (need Axis leanings)

Navy Primacy[edit]

Naval innovations

Naval Air innovations

Convoy protection (need Advanced Torpedoes)

Increase Naval Production[edit]

Advanced Torpedoes

Convoy protection (need Naval Air innovations)

Super Heavy Battleships

Naval Base Expansion

@Carrier Focus

@Battleship Focus

Spiritual Mobilization[edit]

Imperial Austerity

Industrial effort

Fortress Japan

Infrastructure effort

Synthetic oil focus (need Extra recherch slot)

The Student Movement

Extra Research Slot

Synthetic oil focus (need Industrial effort)

Advanced Weapons

Imperial Glory (need The Divine Wind)

Warrior Traditions

The Divine Wind

Imperial Glory (need Advanced Weapons)

Events[edit]

Brief overview of nation's events.

Politics[edit]

Here you can put some stuff that relates to the political situation in-game in 1936 and following years.

Laws[edit]

Ministers[edit]

Intelligence[edit]

Brief overview of nation's intelligence capability in 1936.

Economy[edit]

Here you can type some informative bits about this nation's economy in-game in 1936 and following years.

Industrial Production[edit]

In the 1936 start, Japan has a fairly robust, if militaristic economy. As of the latest patch, the 1936 start Japan player will have 22 military factories, 25 civilian factories, and 15 naval dockyards.

Resources[edit]

Resource-wise, Japan finds itself in much the same place as Germany. While Japan has access to a satisfactory amount of chromium, tungsten, and steel, it suffers from a shortage of aluminium, and an extreme shortage of oil, and rubber. Japan's shortage of oil and rubber at games beginning mostly shoehorns the Japanese player into the historical bog of an infantry army. As well, a complete annexation of China will not solve Japan's problems, as China has much the same resource pool as Japan. While the Japanese player can trade with the United States early-game for oil, this ties up civilian factories, and the United States has an early focus to embargo Japan (which they will be likely to pursue with historical focus turned on). Japan is in luck however, as all the rubber and oil are a short boat ride and a war with the allies away. Specifically, the largest supplies of rubber and oil in the game can be found in British Malaysia, French Indochina, and the Dutch East-Indies. While Japan won't have complete control of these resources until they reach a peace screen with the Netherlands, France, or Britain, the available resources are more than abundant enough to fuel the construction of planes, ships, tanks, as well as any motorized designs Japan might have for the duration of the war. If the Japanese player does not desire war with the allies, they will have access to the first technology allowing synthetic oil refineries in 1936, which opens up options for medium-scale production of aforementioned planes, ships, and tanks, without conquest. One thing to keep in mind when taking this route, synthetic oil refineries are extremely expensive and time-consuming to construct, eating away time that could be used to build up other military and civilian factories with which to build up a force to take all the resources Japan could ever require to fulfill its dreams of pacific domination.

Military[edit]

Here you can type some informative bits about this nation's armed forces in-game in 1936 and the following years.

Army[edit]

In 1936, Japan has a mixed between seasoned and green troops. To reflect historical accuracy, Japan begins the game with a number of divisions that begin with experience and weapons 1. This, combined with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident national focus, allows the Japanese player avenues for warfare with China as early as 1936. Japan also has some troops with basic equipment, good targets for a garrison of Japan's home island and Japan's matrix of pacific islands.

Tanks[edit]

Name	Type	Techyear
Great War Tank (FT-17?)	Great War Tank	1918
Type 94	Light Tank I	1934
Ha-Go	Light Tank II	1936
Ke-Ni	Light Tank III	1941
Chi-Ha	Medium Tank I	1939
Chi-Nu	Medium Tank II	1941
Chi-Ri	Medium Tank III	1943
Type 95	Heavy Tank I	1934
Iwakuro	Heavy Tank II	1941
O-I	Heavy Tank III	1943
Type 2604	Superheavy Tank	1943
Type 61	MBT	1945

Naval Units[edit]

Seems Japan have several units of the same class. Maybe a very unique tech tree. (Refers to dev diaries 42, World War Wednesday )

Name	Type	Techyear
Minekaze Class	Destroyer I	1922
Asashio Class	Destroyer II	1936
Akizuki Class	Destroyer III	1940
Shimakaze Class	Destroyer IV	1944
Tenryu Class	Light Cruiser I	1922
Light Mogami Class	Light Cruiser II	1936
Agano Class	Light Cruiser III	1940
Agatsuma Class	Light Cruiser IV	1944
Furutaka Class	Heavy Cruiser I	1922
Heavy Mogami Class	Heavy Cruiser II	1936
Tone Class	Heavy Cruiser III	1940
Ibuki Class	Heavy Cruiser IV	1944
Amagi Class	Battlecruiser I	1922
Design B-65	Battlecruiser II	1940
Nagato Class	Battleship I	1922
Fuso Class	Battleship I	1922
Kongo Class	Battleship II	1936
Tajima Class	Battleship III	1940
Iwami Class	Battleship IV	1944
Yamato Class	Super-heavy Battleship I	1936
Super Yamato Class	Super-heavy Battleship II	1944
Kaga Class	Carrier I	1922
Soryu Class	Carrier II	1936
Shokaku Class	Carrier III	1940
Tahio Class	Carrier IV	1944
Kaichu Class	Submarines I	1922
Kaidai VI Class	Submarines II	1936
Ko/Otsu/Hei-Gata Class	Submarines III	1940
Sen-Toku Class	Submarines IV	1944
Transport Boats (?)	Transports I	1922
Landing Craft (?)	Transports II	1940
Attack Boat (?)	Transports III	1944

Air Force[edit]

Techyear	Close Air Support(Carrier Variant)	Fighter (Carrier Variant)	Naval Bomber (Carrier Variant)	Heavy Fighter	Tactical Bomber	Strategic Bomber
1933		Type 91			G3M Rikko
1936	Ki-32	Ki-27	B5N ( G3M1 )	Ki-38	Ki-21	Ki-20
1940	Ki-61	Ki-43 Hayabusa	A6M2-N	Ki-45 Toryu	G4M	Ki-49 Donryu
1944	Ki-66	Ki-84 Hayate	B7A	Ki-102	P1Y Ginga	G8N Renzan
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1945		Kikka			Jet Tac Bomber I
1950		J7W Shidden-Kai			Jet Tac Bomber II	Jet Strat Bomber I