The Risen Sun

Imperial Japan survives intact into the post war world. 
In a timeline where Pearl Harbor happened this is very unlikely as early as Midway (1942) it was clear Imperial Japan could not survive against the power of the United States. The problem was they just couldn't find an exit to the war that kept their honor intact.The emperor's surrender speech even stated "it is according to the dictates of time and fate that we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is not sufferable."
In any case Imperial Japan's survival depends on the United State either not getting involved in the war or not going after Japan.
==References==
* Weird War II pg 17
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