Is there a way for Japan* to support a landing force capable of launching a successful sneak attack on Mogadishu in the aftermath of the collapse of the Hoare-Laval Pact** and expand from there, taking over Italian Somalia and Eritrea?
* - who had supported the Ethiopians in the aftermath of the Italian invasion and who had an important economic incentive, as 80% of Ethiopian imports strangely enough came from Japan
** - and maybe in combination with a delayed Ethiopian winter offensive