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Empire of Japan

Population: 140,000,000
Emperor: Taisho
Land Holdings: Sakhalin island, Kuriles, Home Islands, Manchuria, Korea, Formosa
Prime Minister: Kato Tomosaburo

Diet Positions:
Lower House:
Nationalist Alliance: 40
National Solidarity Union (Nationalists): 130
Defense and Justice Party (Center-Right): 190
Centrist Party (Center): 90
Reform (Left): 50

Upper House:
Nationalist Alliance: 3
National Soldarity Union: 45
Defense and Justice Party: 40
Centrist: 12
Reform: 5

Relations:
Siam: Cordial
Vietnam: Cordial
Republic of China: Neutral
Imperial China: Wary
Russia: Wary
USA: Cordial
Brtiain: Cordial
Netherlands: Cordial
France: Wary
Italy: Neutral
Spain: Neutral
Argentina: Neutral
Brazil: Neutral
Poland: Cordial
Germany: Friendly (Allied)
Hungary: Cordial
Turkey:

Japanese Empire 1926 Builds
Population: 140
Production Centers: 104x6: 624 (312 used)
Shipping: 27 (140 Units) (22 Internal) (13.5 used)
Food: 8
Coal: 9 (8.5 used from coal and food combined)
Corruption: -5
Total: 683 (329 used)
Tech Level: 5
Accumulated Growth: .18
Production centers to be added: 1 (.56 added to accumulated)
Growth: 1%
Oil Reserves: 8 Points
Coal Reserves: 12

Military Maintenance: 140
7 Infantry Corps
8 Reserve Infantry Corps
3 Motorized Corp
4 Motorized HQ
4 Motorized Theater Supply Units
3 Theater Supply Units
7 Garrisons
3 Fortress Corps
11 Fortresses (Lushun, Harbin, Mukden, Changchun, Pyongyang, Seoul, Pusan, Tainan, Taipei, Iwo Jima, Okinawa)
20 Light Infantry Divisions
5 Light infantry Brigade
1 Imperial Guards (Light Infantry)
3 Siege Artillery
4 Police Divisions
2 Mountain Divisions
4 Korean Fortress Divisions
4 Manchurian Fortress Divisions
4 Manchurian Fortress Corps
2 Artillery Divisions
7 Flak Division
4 Coastal Defence Brigades
3 Assault Engineer Brigades
5 Tank Brigade

12 Marine Brigades
4 Assault Engineer Brigades

8 Fleet Carriers
2 5.5 Battleships
13 Battleships
10 Heavy Cruisers
15 Light Cruisers
6 Transport Group
5 Escort Group

Mothballed:
5 Escort Groups
10 Destroyer Flotilas
5 long Range Submarine Units

Intelligence Agency

3 Light Bombers
10 Fighter Units
5 Reserve Fighters
4 Medium Bombers
2 Flying Boats
2 Heavy Bombers
8 Air Depots
4 Naval Bombers

Naval Yards
Kure, Yokosuka, Kobe, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Yokohoma, Pusan, Tainan, Port Arthur, Kurils

Level 3 Social Safety for Japan (includes Korea and Manchuria): 42
Left: 147


Buy:
Operation Safeguard: 7.5
Intel: 6
Pusan Line (fortify 3 hexes around Pusan) (5/5): 3
Seoul Line (fortify modern day DMZ) (5/5): 5
Fortress in Wonsan (3/5): 1
Fortress in Tokyo (3/5): 1
Combined Arms Warfare (2/5): 5
5.5 Battleship Research (2/4): 5
Refit 10 Battleships: 60
5 Hydro Plants (1/4): 22.5
Imperial Guard Light Infantry Division: 2
Rural Electrification (1/3): 7
6 Police Divisions (for Manchuria): 12
2 Tech 5.5 Destroyer Flotila: 10

Imperial Japanese Army, 1927



Army Group A

First Army: Defending Russian Border
2 Manchurian Fortress Corps
2 Fortress Divisions
1 Siege Artillery Unit

Second Army: Defending Russian Border
2 Manchurian Fortress Corps
3 Manchurian Fortress Divisions
1 Siege Artillery Unit

Third Army: Defending Russian Border
2 Manchurian Fortress Corps
1 Manchurian Fortress Division
4 Korean Fortress Divisions

Fourth Army: Backup to Russian border defense
3 Tank Brigades
1 Motorized Corp
1 Motorized Headquarters
1 Motorized Supply Unit


Fifth Army: Backup to Russian Border Defense
2 Tank Brigades
2 Motorized Corps
1 Motorized Headquarters
1 Motorized Supply Unit

Army Group B

Sixth Army: Defending Chinese Border
3 Fortress Corps
2 Infantry Corp
1 Siege Artillery Units
Aided by Fortress Line

Seventh Army: Backup to Chinese Border Defense
3 Infantry Corps
2 Artillery Divisions
1 Motorized Headquarters
1 Motorized Supply Unit

Army Group C

Eighth Army: Reserve, Central Manchuria
2 Infantry Corps (Harbin, Lushun)
3 Reserve Infantry Corps (Mukden, Changchun, Harbin)
1 Motorized Headquarters (Harbin)
1 Motorized Supply Unit (Mukden)
4 Flak Divisions (Harbin, Lushun, Chanchun, Mukden)
6 Police Divisions (2 each in Harbin, Changchun, Mukden)
Aided by fortresses in Harbin, Lushun, Mukden, Changchun

Ninth Army: Reserve, Formosa
3 Reserve Infantry Corps (2 Taipei, 1 Tainan)
2 Garrison Unit (Taipei, Tainan)

Tenth Army: Reserve, Korea
2 Reserve Infantry Corps (Pyongyang, Seoul)
4 Garrison Units (Wonsan, Pusan, Seoul, Pyongyang)
4 Police Divisions (Pusan, Seoul, Pyongyang, Wonsan)
2 Flak Divisions (Seoul, Pyongyang)
Aided by Fortresss in Pyongyang, Seoul, Pusan
Seoul Line (modern DMZ), Pusan Line (Pusan Perimeter) completed in 1927
Fortress in Wonsan to be completed in 1930

Army Group D

Eleventh Army
2 Imperial Guard Light Infantry Division (Tokyo)
4 Light Infantry Divisions (Osaka)
2 Light Infantry Divisions (Fukuoka)
3 Light Infantry Divisions (Yokohoma, Yokosuka)
1 Assault Engineer Brigades (Nagoya)

Twelth Army
2 Mountain Divisions: Sapporo
1 Garrison Unit: Hakodate
1 Light Infantry Division: Nemuro
2 Light Infantry Brigades: Kuril Naval Yard
2 Light Infantry Brigades: Sakhalin Islands

Thirteenth Army
2 Coastal Defence Brigades: Ryukyu's (Okinawa)
1 Light Infantry Brigades: Ryuku's
2 Light Infantry Divisions: Okinawa
2 Coastal Defence Brigades: Iwo Jima
2 Light Infantry Divisions: Iwo Jima
Aided by Fortresses in Iwo Jima and Okinawa

Fourteenth Army
6 Light Infantry Divisions: (2 in Marianas, 2 in Carolines, 1 in Marshalls, 1 in Gilberts)
3 Supply Units: Marianas, Carolines, Marshalls

Special Naval Landing Force: Tainan
First Naval Infantry Corp
4 Marine Brigades
2 Assault Engineer Brigades

Second Naval Infantry Corp: Kwajalein
4 Marine Brigades
2 Assault Engineer Brigades

Third Naval Infantry Corp: Nagasaki
4 Marine Brigades
2 Assault Engineer Brigades

Imperial Japanese Navy, 1927

First Fleet: Tainan
4 Fleet Carriers
4 5.5 Battleships
4 Heavy Cruisers
6 Light Cruisers
1 Destroyer Flotilla
2 Transport Groups

Second Fleet: Kwajalein
4 Fleet Carriers
6 5.5 Battleships
4 Heavy Cruisers
6 Light Cruisers
2 Transport Groups

Third Fleet: Nagasaki
2 Tech 5.5 Battleships
3 Battleships
2 Heavy Cruisers
3 Light Cruisers
2 Transport Groups

Escort Force: Okinawa
5 Escort Group

Mothballed:
5 Escort Groups
10 DD1 Flotilas
5 Long Range Submarine Units

Naval Yards
Kure, Yokosuka, Kobe, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Yokohoma, Pusan, Tainan, Port Arthur, Kurils

Imperial Japanese Air Force, 1926

Attached to Army Group A: based in Harbin
5 Fighter Units
2 Light Bombers
2 Air Depots

Attached to Army Group B: Based in Lushun
4 Fighter Units
1 Light Bomber
1 Air Depot

Attached to Army Group C
4 Medium Bombers: Harbin
2 Heavy Bombers: Seoul
1 Air Depot: Harbin
4 Naval Bombers: Seoul
1 Air Depot: Seoul
2 Reserve Fighters: Tainan
1 Flying Boat: Tainan
1 Air Depot: Tainan

Attached to Army Group D
1 Fighter Unit: Sapporo
3 Reserve Fighters: Tokyo
1 Air Depot: Tokyo
2 Flying Boats: Marshalls
1 Air Depot: Marshalls

Ethnic Breadown of Non-Home Islands: 1926
OOC: all of this represents massive, government supported immigration to these areas to keep thme Japanaese and to reduce revolts. Some supported increased procreation amongst Japanese was included (nothing that would make the population greatly increase though

Formosa
Japanese: 60%
Chinese: 40%

Korea
Japanese: 52%
Korea: 48%

Manchuria
Japanese: 25%
Manchu: 68%
Han: 5%
Mongol: 2%


1908: Japan nearly becomes involved in the Great War Scare of 1908

1909-1910: Japan becomes involved in the 2nd Sino-japanese War. Grabs manchuria and parts of Northern China. 375,000 Casualties

1911: Japan watches the beginning of the Great War

1912-1913: Japan enters on the side of the Coalition, destroys Allied Pacific fleet, assists in capturing of Madagascar and French islands in the Indian island. Japan loses Northern China, gains Northern Sakhalin

1916: Japan enters Washington Naval treaty

1920: Japan buys Germany's pacific islands

1922-1925: Depression sets in

1923: Tokyo ruined by massive earthquake and fire

1925: Revolts break out in Korea and Manchuria, both of which are crushed

Japanese Empire 1926 Builds
Population: 140
Production Centers: 104x6: 624 (312 used)
Shipping: 27 (140 Units) (22 Internal) (13.5 used)
Food: 8
Coal: 9 (8.5 used from coal and food combined)
Corruption: -5
Total: 683 (329 used)
Tech Level: 5
Accumulated Growth: .18
Production centers to be added: 1 (.56 added to accumulated)
Growth: 1%
Oil Reserves: 8 Points
Coal Reserves: 12

Military Maintenance: 140
7 Infantry Corps
8 Reserve Infantry Corps
3 Motorized Corp
4 Motorized HQ
4 Motorized Theater Supply Units
3 Theater Supply Units
7 Garrisons
3 Fortress Corps
11 Fortresses (Lushun, Harbin, Mukden, Changchun, Pyongyang, Seoul, Pusan, Tainan, Taipei, Iwo Jima, Okinawa)
20 Light Infantry Divisions
5 Light infantry Brigade
1 Imperial Guards (Light Infantry)
3 Siege Artillery
4 Police Divisions
2 Mountain Divisions
4 Korean Fortress Divisions
4 Manchurian Fortress Divisions
4 Manchurian Fortress Corps
2 Artillery Divisions
7 Flak Division
4 Coastal Defence Brigades
3 Assault Engineer Brigades
5 Tank Brigade

12 Marine Brigades
4 Assault Engineer Brigades

8 Fleet Carriers
2 5.5 Battleships
13 Battleships
10 Heavy Cruisers
15 Light Cruisers
6 Transport Group
5 Escort Group

Mothballed:
5 Escort Groups
10 Destroyer Flotilas
5 long Range Submarine Units

Intelligence Agency

3 Light Bombers
10 Fighter Units
5 Reserve Fighters
4 Medium Bombers
2 Flying Boats
2 Heavy Bombers
8 Air Depots
4 Naval Bombers

Naval Yards
Kure, Yokosuka, Kobe, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Yokohoma, Pusan, Tainan, Port Arthur, Kurils

Level 3 Social Safety for Japan (includes Korea and Manchuria): 42
Left: 147


Buy:
Operation Safeguard: 7.5
Intel: 6
Pusan Line (fortify 3 hexes around Pusan) (5/5): 3
Seoul Line (fortify modern day DMZ) (5/5): 5
Fortress in Wonsan (3/5): 1
Fortress in Tokyo (3/5): 1
Combined Arms Warfare (2/5): 5
5.5 Battleship Research (2/4): 5
Refit 10 Battleships: 60
5 Hydro Plants (1/4): 22.5
Imperial Guard Light Infantry Division: 2
Rural Electrification (1/3): 7
6 Police Divisions (for Manchuria): 12
2 Tech 5.5 Destroyer Flotila: 10

With the near collapse of the economy, Prime Minister Kato Tomosaburo declared the economy would be ging to national effort, and layed out a series of publi works projects, including dams construction and bringing electricity to more secluded areas (OOC: rural electrification). Aid to Vietnam and Siam would also be reduced until the depression was over.