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I read in an old thread from back in 2014 that the German Empire once considered purchasing Hokkaidō from Japan in exchange for a German-Japanese Alliance. What if Germany purchased Hokkaidō from Japan and what would this mean for Germany's power projection in East Asia? How would the Russian Empire react to German Hokkaidō being close to Sakhalin? Would the Japanese keep Karafuto to the north or include it in the deal with Germany?