If the Germans had helped the Japanese establish synthetic oil plants in Manchukuo (which had plenty of coal), might this had meant that Japanese could run their war in China without imported oil, thus eliminating the need to attack Pearl Harbor?
Synthetic rubber? Or would that be spectacularly inefficient- coal to oil to rubber?Japan didn't just want oil, you know. For example, they wanted the Malayan rubber as well.
It would more likely have been in Northern Korea, as that is where the Industry was. Korea has lots of Coal.If the Germans had helped the Japanese establish synthetic oil plants in Manchukuo (which had plenty of coal),