Talk:Japanese Alaska

Questions to be resolved
 * How would the gold and oil in Alaska affect Japanese development? Might it reduce their attempts to establish an East Asian empire?
 * If they did go into China, would Alaska allow them to ignore Western sanctions? Or at least reduce the perceived desperateness of their situation, and allow the moderates to gain influence in the government, and perhaps negotiate some face-saving treaty?
 * If the Pacific War did occur, who would get Alaska? Would it go back to Soviet hands?  Would the Americans seize it?  Canada, perhaps?  Or maybe it would become a new nation?  Maybe it'd be a situation like Okinawa where it would be occupied for a period before returning to Japanese rule? -- Nik 05:14, 28 Jun 2005 (UTC)