Plausability check, Japan achieves peaceful dominance of its sphere

Could Japan have achieved an ability to obtain markets and access to raw material in China without invasion.

Possibly had WW2 in Europe happenedas in OTL Japan might have assisted indepence movements creating client states in Indonesea, Dutch East INdiesadn maybe also French Indo China.

I assume that this will alarm the US but not cause it to go to war.
 
Definitely "possible" but you would need PODs going back all the way to the Meiji era to make it happen (basically take away the military veto power over the civilian government).

It's still very likely to end up the Axis either way because of the strategic antagonism with Russia.
 
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