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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
I wouldn't write off the Japanese reluctance to deploy abroad. Look at what happened when a medical unit was sent to the middle east a couple of years ago - it almost brought down the government even though they weren't combat troops but there for humanitarian reasons.
No, Japanese troops would remain firmly within Japanese borders unless something absolutely catastrophic occurred.
This isn't to say their produce wouldn't be exported or that western units wouldn't be welcome to spend R&R in the country (while transportation to and fro was still possible).
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like T2K ...?
Japan has oil and food for possibly 6 months - after that its lights out and starvation. Being the only stable nation in the region it would have to aquire some petrochemicals and foodstuffs somewhere.
Its said that Japan could start today and have a weaponized nuclear device before 6 months have passed. I think they could reverse engineer and improve something like an AFV in a lot shorter time than that. As for materials - they could probably scrap such enormous amounts of metal from domestic consumer and industrial stocks that they could build hundreds if not thousands.
I dont think Japan would adopt an irresponsible stance though - they could be seen as deploying military assets to get their way. But also I think they would seek influence through humanitarian projects - like the distribution of pharmaceuticals - a commodity moreprecious than gold in T2K
-all imho h for humble as always