Tokyo Wars - Ch. 1 - Chapter 1

[MangaDex]

 

[windmill]

just one scenario that could have become reality during the cold war

no way in hell US policymakers would give up the economic powerhouse keeping china in check.

 

[NARESH4444]

no way in hell US policymakers would give up the economic powerhouse keeping china in check.

And in this case,the USSR too,or at least the still very much USSR coated Russia.

I would hazard the only thing that could cause this is Japan being treated so badly by the US that Japan straight up demands they leave and declare themselves neutral in the Cold War issue,but the chaps we see here are still quite friendly with each other,and they're more inclined to support the former iron curtain.

Spies on the inside influencing stuff?

Truly a SNAFU stuation that no real advance warning from US assets,nor direct response from them either,otherwise there would been a submarine playing a high stakes game of Battleship with a Russian carrier group.