What if Japan Became a Superpower? | Alternate History 

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It almost seems silly in retrospect that people actually believed Japan could overtake the United States

I think Japan’s biggest problem is the corporate culture You quite literally work until you drop and you can imagine how young people don’t really appreciate it

I would’ve prefer Japan being a superpower of Asia. Really opening Japan to international trade during the Meiji era turned Japan around.

What I’m most interested is what will this impact have on the anime industry

I'll take Japan over China every time.

I could see japan making a sort of new "Co-prosperity sphere" but based of and in response to the ceation of the European union, but callled like the Asian Tigers or something. Also there not being any world hegemon would also make things very different I can't even imagine, how would the UN work, if it even would, or would it be stronger than ever in face of world crisis?

Pax Nipponica.

Moral of the story you need to be Big in size to be a Superpower

Idk, i just imagine this timeline where the USSR Survived and Western EU Unified... Thus leaving us a modern world with 5 superpower. - US : 330 mil people, 26 trillion USD GDP - China : 1.4 billion people, 21 trillion USD GDP - Japan : 180 million people, 18 trillion USD GDP - Western EU (France, Italy, benelux, western germany) : 250 million people, 11 trillion USD GDP - USSR : 320 million people, 9 trillion USD GDP

You should do a video about what if western Europe United. It could be in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s… there are many possibilities and it could be quite an interesting scenario.

Why did the Anime Empire have to fall?

The US has so many resources I am sure we would be fine if we went isolationist, as long as it isn't complete and total North Korea style isolation. Sure, isolation isn't the best thing to do, but Canada and Mexico are still right there, and Latin America as a whole has a lot of resources. They're not that far away to not trade with. Yeah I do think that our economy would take a massive hit if all trade was ceased, but why is it unlikely or impossible for some other country, or likely, countries to take the place the US and its Navy had when it comes to trade? I would argue that isolationism is what made the US successful in the first place and our recent global entanglements have been horrible for us. If we pulled out of countries militarily it would be good for our budget since a good portion of our defense budget is spent on oversees bases, we could then spend that freed up money on infrastructure upgrades or something otherwise beneficially. Hell, I am sure we could halve our military budget if we were defending only the Homeland, given how the Second Amendment also exists. If the government forced large businesses who outsourced their jobs to third world countries, to employ Americans, on American soil, using American resources, and also forced them to pay their workers a better wage instead of taking massive bonuses; that will kickstart the revival of American industry, and if paired with massive infrastructure upgrades, it would likely be the very thing done to get America OUT of a economic depression. Let's not forget about how America is World Police and how isolation would completely change that. Cool scenario and great video but come on

Your map doesn't have the Kuril Islands! 😂 Great video though 🥳👏

Poderia fazer um "What if Rome never fell" part 3??

You made my little weeaboo heart flutter. Also can you do if Great Britain remained a super power into the 21st century?

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very interesting video, excited for the next :)

Long time no see！

I'm your biggest fan dude, keep up the good content🔥

This is a great video

All hail the Pax Nipponica, Banzai!

Japan 🇯🇵 is already a superpower in anime and manga!

You're finally back

You should make what if Britain formed the Imperial Federation.

For Japan to be a superpower it would need to follow the British model of colonisation (Which is actually what it tried to do from the 1910s until WW2 to mixed results). That would never have been sustainable anyway. Japan would have been better off if it had managed to keep the southern half of Sakhalin and the Kuril Island (Having an indigenous source of petroleum always helps). But geographical superiority of the North American landmasses versus the Japanese archipelago is just difficult surmount. The Japanese islands are just not suitable as a place to establish a superpower in all fields. A Naval superpower, yes, but not much else.

Imagine the amount of HENTAI and JAVPORN they would've produced. VGH.. WE LIVE IN THE WRONG TIMELINE BROS..

Next do what if the Nationalist won the Chinese civil war

This one was fun. Thank you for this episode! What do you think the future of Japan looks like in our reality in terms of economics, demographics, etc.? God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

I would of loved if Japan became a superpower

What if India was a superpower, okay it is getting there,recently passing the UK but what if it is perhaps as large as China

I mean, Japan is way more technologically advanced then United States lmao

I'd go for a middle route. Japan May prevent chinese growth a bit. Making the chinese economy 14 Trillion. Japan has 16 Trillion and America has the same today. I'd say a 2nd cold war between japan and america rather then japanese hegemony over the world is far more likely then this.

they could've co existed just fine and have had a alliance against china and the like

I could easily a scenario of Japan keeping an American level of GDP per capita, and also birthrates and a system of legal immigration into some extent. This means their GDP could be doubled and they would be much stronger. That's enough to make your scenario a bit realistic, but in the real world I don't see any need in American decline. The US would still thrive and trade with Japan, but it could be cool if the Japanese built up a huge navy, got diplomatically closer to South Korea (apologizing for previous occupation and everything) and established their version of NATO to defend South Korea and Taiwan, and also a similar thing to the EU, and then gradually expanded it to Vietnam, the Philippines and other areas of South East Asia. All of that would still make Japan far stronger and rellevant, and the American would just be happy to have a fellow liberal superpower that works for the exact goal of standing uo to China that is America's biggest issue today in foreign policy. A huge win-win for everyone except for Chinese nationalists losing hope to ever get Taiwan.

I would like to imagine an alliance between America, Europe and this alternate Japan instead of a Cold War between the three. And the new "enemy" would either be: 1. Neo-Communists/Neo-Maoists 2. Dictators that are left 3. Terrorists 4. Aliens (because why not) 5. Demons (like DOOM or Demon Slayer) Can someone make an ASB (alien space bats) timeline of this please, or maybe a map and it should be called "Pax Nipponica"

I'd love discuss this with you since there are alot of hurdles unique to japan that it has to overcome and can overcome but in this video i very much doubt they would go about it in such a way. As an example for immigration there is the possibility the japanese corporations (most likely due to government pressure) might instead opt to bring in workers from usa, canada korea and europe instead of creating localized semi-autonomous branches trained by japanese employees. (I am really stretching for this but its one of the few ways i could see them allowing largescale immigration in any way.)

Oh my

Why does this sound like remaking the Empire of Japan…

This literally is going to happen in a few years America is a year or two away from a depression

I think I remember reading that china is the worlds larges5 superpower in cyberpunk 2077

4:00 Honestly this is the ideal scenario. Japan avoids the lost decades, manages to successfully restructure it's economy and get rid of it's ghost companies etc etc, and remains a relevant but not overwhelming power in the world, allowing for other countries to also grow. It's birthrates decline much slower and it opens up for immigration like western europe did in the 90s and 2000s, allowing for it's population to decline less sharply and more sustainably. In my opinion, something like this could have happened if the Plaza Accords didn't happen, stopping the real estate bubble from forming.

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Wasn't there a Tom Clancy novel where Japan and the US fights another war. Plus a Japanese pilot kamikazing the Capitol?

What if Brazil Became a Superpower?

And now Germany has passed Japan despite the latter still having around 40M on them.

Ironically the manga and anime’s have worlds that are very huge and Japanese dubbing and can be possibility a space colonial empire. That it would make Japan become one mega city itself. Maybe with greener pastures and such to be more environmentally balanced.

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funny how the territory specifically avoids china as not to imply uhhh you know

So basically, in HOI4, just choose Pacific Guardian as Democratic Japan?

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as long as China be reunited and exists, it is very hard and even impossible for its Asian neighbors to become a superpower, Xiongnu, Gokturk, Goguryeo, Khitan, Tibet, Mongol, Manchus... have been superpower in ancient times, they have even managed to beat China at the beginning, but which of them manage to resist the counter-attack of the Han Chineses? finally, when they get defeated, they have only 2 choices: be absorbed and become part of China, or become a nation with much smaller territories, loses definitely the potential to be superpower, the contexts that Japan becomes a superpower after 1850s: China become weaken, divided and in decline, Japan is the first industrial Asian nation, Japan has already conquered Korea, Taiwan and even Manchuria, today, face to a reunited, rising, industrial power like China, a Japan without Korea, Taiwan and Manchuria, how can it becomes superpower again? even if we ignore population and territory factors, in many technology fields, Japan loses advances, in aerospace, Japan become even.far behind China, so the only possibility that Japan becomes superpower is to eliminate definitely China,

What if the Soviets joined the Axis and Japan the Allies?

Suggestiin: what if the federation of arab republics succeeded

3:00 ok but If you replace ethnic Japanese people with foreigners this isn't a story about Japan anymore. Its a story about India There's a reason why Japan has been so successful and its their culture. New immigrants into European countries are failing to adopt the nations culture, thus expecting Japan to expand is hard to believe because it was their culture and ethnicity that made them successful

Too late. Japan now is not the same as 1993. Now it is in deep decline, with less population an a 200% Public Debt

well anime manga and videogames for everyone i guess

I am good last time Japan had an empire it was no fun but they should at least get the Kuril islands

What If France Won the Seven Years War?

itd have a continuos baby boom from the 1970s

my god this video funny

Damn ... Just like china today

Yes close the borders!

Mate it was and then lost out in WW2 ok? Duh!

If Japan had become... If could yet.

I feel Japan can rise again but US is in decline since 2011. Japan can jump start the age of colonies in Mars. - Start a city named Kakolu and this colony town is as big as Walt Disney World. - reduce prices in Japan on earth and make small towns alive again with industry until the US "lets just have nursing and hotels and called it a day" - re build Tokyo to look more futuristic. - Once Naruhito passes way make Princess Kako of Akishino Empress - either rise pay like Norway or reduce cost of living for more people to have more kids

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Ever heard of national debt? Ever wonder why you don't hear much of Japan in the news? Ever wonder who the US owes so much debt to? Yeah...Japan IS a superpower, to anyone that pays attention or educates.

Sounds like trump America 😅😅😅

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No let’s not do that again

japan more like fartpan

Maybe Christianity and Islam had been destroyed and all the world had worshipped Makima, Revy, Cutie Honey, Marin Kitagawa and Sailor Moon... Wonderful!!!