I was wondering about the possibility of the Kido Butai returning for a second swing at Pearl Harbor, approximately a couple weeks after the first attack
What defenses did Pearl Harbor have to prevent a second raid? The first raid neutralized the battle line and damaged or destroyed hundreds of land based aircraft. How fast were the planes repaired/replaced IOTL? Was there any desire by the Japanese leadership to confront the American carriers à la Battle of Midway in the aftermath of the first Pearl Harbor Raid?
As I understand it, the Japanese leadership were devoted to the concept of the Decisive Battle, yet didn't regard Pearl Harbor as such an action, instead considering it one component of their early shock-and-awe phase of war. But then they put off seeking a decisive battle with the remainder of the USN until the Battle of Midway. By that point, the Pacific Fleet had been reinforced from the Atlantic and refined its carrier doctrine, while the Kido Butai had suffered from attrition at the Battle of the Coral Sea. I know the Japanese fleet was busy, but shouldn't they have more aggressively pressed for the Decisive Battle *earlier*?