AHC: Make Maurice Benyovszky Emperor of Japan

ASB tastic Japan wasn't even open to the West, and even if they were. There's no way in hell short of an invasion of Japan which has it's own extensive firearms industry. Even if Japan does get invaded and defeated by Western Powers I highly doubt they make him emperor of Japan, and that he would be accepted by the Japanese.
 
Given the nature of the Japanese Emperorship, I find it exceedingly unlikely that he could be anything other than a European puppet, and that would presuppose a successful European invasion of Japan. Which then begs the new question of why a man with no royal blood would be raised to Emperorship.
 
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