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So, I've seen many threads stating that Japanese involvement in World War II was more or less unavoidable because of militarism and their adventures in China.

So, let's take this militarism to the extreme! With a POD dating to Hirohito's ascension (December 25th, 1926), would it be possible for the Army/Navy rivalry to go to a point that a full-blown civil war occurs?

And once/if a victor has been decided, would Japan be in any shape or would even be interested in joining the general turmoil around the world in 1935 (assuming minimal butterflies in Europe up to mid 1940-ish).
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