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More to come later once I figure out what I'm doing.

The Japanese government acknowledges United South East Asia's request but offers aid (points) to help improve its infrastructure and discount military goods.
Siam will offer a mutual defense treaty in exchange for both military and economic aid, as the pro-Japanese (and fascist-leaning) military is growing both increasingly powerful domestically, and increasingly concerned about the rise to prominence of their neighbor Viet Nam.

Siam will offer a mutual defense treaty in exchange for both military and economic aid, as the pro-Japanese (and fascist-leaning) military is growing both increasingly powerful domestically, and increasingly concerned about the rise to prominence of their neighbor Viet Nam.

Siam is informed that Japan is more than willing to sign a mutual defense treaty with them and that it is willing to aid it economically and militarily.

(ooc: Once I figure out what my maintance is, I'll add the economic aid)

Tokyo announced today that it would be offering economic benefits to ethnic Japanese who move to Taiwan and to ethnic Taiwanese who wish to move to the ‘main islands.’ This is hoped to encourage unity among Japan’s various islands.

That's probably a bad idea. The Japanese are so culturally insular and (basically) racist, even the Koreans who have been living in Japan for something like six hundred years are still a despised underclass regarded as "foreign."

Japanese are much better at dealing with foreign visitors, or with foreigners in their own countries.

It's unlikely that allowing permanent immigration for Taiwanese to the Home Islands will be a popular move, and it would definitely not promote cross-cultural understanding - more like generate ethnic hatred.

Since you're admittedly new to Japan, you can go ahead and say that policy never happened with no ill effects.

Colonizing Taiwan is fine, though the Taiwanese and the Japanese will probably never merge. It's possible for them to get along, however.

Arn't most people living on Taiwan aboriganols at this point, I thought it was only after the nationalists retreated to the island that it became industrialized

Being fundamentally lazy, I'll just paste this from the Encylopaedia Britannica:

In 1895, as a result of the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Sino-Japanese War, China ceded Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan, and the Japanese occupied Taipei in June of that year over the violent opposition of the Taiwanese population. For several months a Republic of Taiwan was in existence, but it was overcome by Japanese forces. The Japanese also faced the hostility of the aborigines, some of whom remained uncontrolled until the outbreak of the Pacific war. Taiwan was developed as a supplier of rice and sugar for Japan. Irrigation projects, agricultural extension services, and improvements in transportation and power supplies led to rapid increases in Taiwan's gross domestic product. Japanese policy was oriented toward the Japanization of the Taiwanese; Japanese was the language of instruction in a widespread basic educational system, and even after the end of World War II Japanese remained a lingua franca among the various Chinese dialect groups. In the 1930s Japanese economic policy shifted toward the development of industries based on relatively cheap hydroelectric power. Nevertheless, rice and sugar remained the basis of Taiwan's prewar export trade, almost all of which was directed toward Japan. Imports consisted largely of diverse manufactures from Japan.

And Wiki, which as usual is more informative:

On May 25, 1895, the Republic of Taiwan was formed with a dynastic name of "Forever Qing" and with capital at Tainan, to resist impending Japanese rule. Japanese forces entered the capital and quelled this resistance on October 21, 1895. As opposed to elsewhere in Asia, Japan attempted to use Taiwan as a model colony and was instrumental in the industrialization of the island; they extended the railroads that had just sprung up in late Qing rule, built a sanitation system and a public school system, among other things. Still, the Chinese-speaking residents and aborigines were classified as second and third class citizens. Large scale violence continued in the first decade of rule. Around 1935, the Japanese began an island-wide assimilation project to bind the island more firmly to the Japanese Empire.

The vast majority of Taiwanese are Han from Fujian - the Nationalist influx was demographically slight, though it had a disproportionate social effect. The largest minority are Hakka. Actual aborigines (related to Malay, Polynesians, and Malagasy) are very few in number, probably about 2.4% in 1935.

Armaments Minister Ladislov Polic would like to inform the Chinese Government that we do not have the number of aircraft to complete it's request and as such must deny it. We are able to sell 500 aircraft only.

Secret Telegram to the Government of Nippon:
We would be more than happy to sell the aircraft to your nation. We are merely trying to get rid of them in order to make room for replacements in our budget so the price is half of what it usually would be. We would be willing to give the license to Nippon for no fee.

All major fleet formations are called to port and most army units are put on high alert. Citizens are informed that for their own safety, martial law is in affect until futher notice.

On hearing of Japan’s new alliance with the Union, Argentine President Alvarez has ordered the navy group sent to Japan to return to Argentina. While it is hoped that Japan and Argentina will remain on good terms with each other, Argentina has no wish to be drawn into a World War.