Whoops. Sorry, wrong forum.Shouldnt this thread be in "After 1900" section??
I think if Japan had turned to communist by 1930s instead of military rule supported by monarchy, Russians will take-over Japan temporarily by the end of WWII to prevent US from invading. The result for Communist Japan is Japan is just an upper middle income country by 2000 (after communist rule in Japan had collapsed in 1990 in OTL).