Empire of Japan (World War 2 Period)

## Empire of Japan

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The Profile for *the Empire of Japan* from *the Real World*.

## Summary

The **Empire** of **Japan** (大日本帝國 Dai Nippon Teikoku, literally meaning "**Empire** of Great **Japan**") was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern **Japan**. They once built an empire that enveloped most of east Asia.

## Command Structure

* Military structure
* Weaponry
* Buildings

### Leaders

#### Main Leaders

* Emperor
	+ Emperor Meiji
	+ Emperor Tashio
	+ Emperor Hirohito
* Empress
	+ Empress Shōken
	+ Empress Teimei
	+ Emperor Koujun
* Princes
	+ Akihito
	+ Naruhito
	+ Fumihito
	+ Akishino
	+ Hisahito
	+ Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
	+ Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu
	+ Takahito, Prince Mikasa
	+ Tadateru Konoe
	+ Tadahiro Konoe
	+ 2 Sons of Tadahiro Konoe and Keiko Kuni
	+ Prince Tomohito of Mikasa
	+ Yoshihito, Prince Katsura
	+ Sōshitsu Sen XVI
	+ Myeongsa Kikuchi
	+ Takafumi Sen
	+ Munehiro Sakata
	+ Norihito, Prince Takamado
	+ Kan'in Kotohito
* Princess
	+ Michiko
	+ Masako
	+ Akio
	+ Kiko
	+ Mako
	+ Kako
	+ Hanako
	+ Setsuko Matsudaira
	+ Kikuko Tokugawa
	+ Yuriko Takagi
	+ Princess Yasuko of Mikasa
	+ Keiko Kuni
	+ Daughter of Tadahiro Konoe and Keiko Kuni
	+ Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
	+ Princess Akiko of Mikasa
	+ Princess Yōko of Mikasa
	+ Princess Masako of Mikasa
	+ Makiko Sakata
	+ Hisako, Princess Takamado
	+ Princess Tsuguko of Takamado
	+ Princess Noriko of Takamado
	+ Princess Ayako of Takamado

#### Second-in-command

* Itō Hirobumi
* Kuroda Kiyotaka
* Sanjō Sanetomi
* Yamagata Aritomo
* Matsukata Masayoshi
* Ōkuma Shigenobu
* Katsura Tarō
* Saionji Kinmochi
* Giichi Tanaka
* Osachi Hamaguchi
* Reijirō Wakatsuki
* Tsuyoshi Inukai
* Takahashi Korekiyo (acting)
* Makoto Saitō
* Keisuke Okada
* Kōki Hirota
* Senjūrō Hayashi
* Fumimaro Konoe
* Kiichirō Hiranuma
* Nobuyuki Abe
* Mitsumasa Yonai
* Fumimaro Konoe
* Hideki Tojo
* Kuniaki Koiso
* Kantarō Suzuki
* Higashikuni Naruhiko

#### Military/Political Leaders

* Hiranuma Kichiro
* Hirota Koki
* Ashida Hitoshi
* Machida Chuji
* Goto Fumio
* Yasuji Okamura
* Yamamoto Isoroku
* Kanin Kotohito
* Tarō Kōno
* Kōji Yamazaki
* Hiroshi Yamamura
* Fukui Yoshi
* Yamashita Tomoyuki

### Military Units

#### Infantry

* Riflemen
* Gunner
* Kempeitai Auxiliary
* Detachments

#### Vehicles

* Type 87 Chi-I (Experimental tank No.1)
* Type 89 Chi-Ro medium tank
* Type 95 Ha-Go light tank
* Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank
* Type 98 Ke-Ni light tank
* Type 1 Chi-He medium tank
* Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank
* Type 4 Chi-To medium tank
* Type 5 Chi-Ri medium tank
* Experimental Type 5 Ho-Ri tank destroyer
* O-I super-heavy tank
* Amphibious tanks

#### Aircraft

* Fighters
	+ Zeros
* Attack Aircraft
* Bombers
* Reconnaissance Aircraft
* Trainers
* Transport

#### Vessels

* Aircraft Carrier
* Light Carriers
* Escort Carriers
* Seaplane Tenders
* Battlecruisers
* Battleships
* Heavy Cruisers
* Light Cruisers
* Destroyers
* Torpedo Boats
* Destroyer Escorts
* Submarines
	+ Aircraft Carrier
	+ Transport
* Submarine Tenders
* Gunboats
* Mine Warfare vessels
* Food Supplu Ship
* Repair Ship
* Survey Ship
* Patrol Boats

### Military weapons

#### Ranged weapons

* Small Arms/Machine Guns
* Heavy

### Command Buildings

* Imperial Palace
* Headquarters

### Production/Construction/Training Buildings

* Military Airfields
* Military Barracks
* Military Factories

### Combative Buildings

#### Offesnive Buildings

* Gun Nests
* Cannon Posts

## Territories

**Kyoto**

* **Age founded/conquered:** 1868 A.D.
* **Territory type:** First Capital
* **Inhabitants:** Japanese People

## Civilization Stats

**Tier 11: Industrial:** The Empire with the aid of Western influences made them industrialize rather quickly, and create steam powered naval vessels.

## Power Sources

**Energy Source: Paraphernalia**

**Nature:** Stealth (Many of their soldiers are skilled at camouflage to hide themselves from their enemies, especially in jungle like terrain and achieve surprise attacks) Human Physiology (The members of the faction are humans with standard skills in combat)

**Science:** Biological Manipulation (With the use of Germ Warfare or poisoning water sources to slow their enemies)

## Conquest Stats

**Tier 9-A: Multi-Country:** Since their later years they have expanded and conquered most of the Eastern Asia nations, which include the following:

* **Korea**
* **Hong Kong**
* **Philippines**
* **Indonesia**
* **Eastern** **China**
* **Taiwan**
* **Burma**
* **Indochina**
* **Malaysia**
* **Manchuko/Manchuria**
* **Vietnam**
* **Laos**
* **Cambodia**
* **Inner Mongolia**

## Power Stats

**Attack Potency: Large Building:** Japanese battleships with main cannons should be comparable to other WW2 ships at the time. **Small Building**: Japanese aircraft with explosives. **Wall**: Japanese tanks' main gun should be around 113,614-590,490 J. **Street**: Japanese soldiers with standard firearms. **Athletic**: Standard Soldiers melee strength.

**Durability: Large Building:** With sheer size of the Japanese naval vessels which can take explosives and still float. **Wall**: Japanese fighters with their size and take substantial firearms. **Wall**: Japanese tanks which are small and can be damaged by significant explosions. **Street-Athletic Human**: Japanese soldiers with or without weapons.

**Speed: Subsonic:** Speed of Japanese Zeros which can go at 351 mph. **Superhuman**: The speed of Japanese naval ships crossing seas. **Peak Human**: The speed of the Type 97 Chi-Ha tank which goes 24 mph. **Athletic Human**: The running speed of regular Japanese Soldiers.

## Strengths/Pros

The Japanese forces are skilled when it comes to defending various locations, they dig tunnels and caves in on various islands that they used to draw in and attack their enemies, They can even wait out their enemies or withstand Naval Bombardments. Imperial Japan has an exceptional naval force which was necessary for them to expand in an oceanic part of the world. Most of their forces are driven by the ideology that their Emperor is a God, and that their efforts are rewarded with Death before Surrender.

## Weaknesses/Flaws

Despite being a fast moving empire that conquers vast territory, it's island nation have very limited resources (very little oil) to keep up the war effort.

## Wins/Loses

When a battle is decided, list the wins and loses below.

## Gallery

Imperial Japanese TroopsImperial Tokyo, capital of JapanShowa Hirohito, last Emperor of Imperial JapanThe Kamikaze suicide bombing, known tactic of the Japanese Imperial Air force