Wow! I am flattered! Thanks for the vote of confidence on the articles. Really, I prepared the essays hoping to get more players interested in the game, so that I would have more opponents.
I still have 1 or 2 more essays ideas to finish but have been too busy to complete it. I’ll try to get to the last ones in the next few weeks.
I personally played this game several times, alone and with friens
My consideration is that 6 or 7/10 Japan can win.
Take most advantage of the J1 special rule.
Take most of the money island and sink all the ship you can; british too; focus on allies transport too.
Move all in to India; while pushing China west.
Japan can win if they get India within J4 / J5.
The longer the game, the more the pain, because US pressure will become too hard to hold