The next big foreign policy milestone on the way to ours here involves a war that the japanese get involved with in 19 o four. The russians, who were one of the three lions that said, for the peace of asia, you can't have this port arthur area, just not right, and forced the Japans to give in. And they sent as many troops as everyone else put together,. basically, you know, throwing their lot in with the club. We belong in the club. They probably had more of a right to be there than anyone else.
The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this would be his origin story.