Japan Expanded

Hello and welcome to this expansion mod for Japan. This mod aims to improve the Japanese focus tree by an assortment of bugfixes, changes and balancing. It was made for those players who like the current Japanese focus tree but want it to be a bit more expansive.

Updates

• ** Update to 1.16.4 and small improvements- 30/03/2025 **

• ** Update to 1.15.4 - 26/01/2025 **

• ** Update to 1.14.5 - 10/05/2024 **

• ** Update to 1.13.6 - 30/12/2023 **

• ** Initial Release - 01/06/2023 **

Fixes

• Japanese resource development focuses and decisions now work on puppet controlled states.

• The Secure the Philippines focus now has check to still provide a wargoal if annexed by the US.

• Completing the Exploit/Establish the Southern/Northern Resource Area with remove/reduce the consumer goods penalty from the zaibatsus.

• For non-MtG users, the The Ultimate Battleship focus now will now add two Yamato-class battleships to the build queue.

Changes

• The Alliance with Siam focus will allow you to puppet Siam if Japan controls the Cambodia state.

• The Strike on the Southern Resource Area will allow you to ask for territory if any member of the Axis controls it.

• The Kodoha path has been completely revamped to be more accurate to their aims.

• Kodoha Japan will also be able to join the Central Powers by completing the ** Technological Exchange** focus.

• Three new advisors and one new army chief have been added for the Kodoha faction.

• The development focuses for the Northern/Southern resource areas now core Karafuto/Taiwan respectively.

• New sub-branch that focuses on the Southern colonies of the Japanese Empire.

• New industrial concern, ** Nanyo Kohatsu**, specialising in island development.

• Changes to naval tree to strengthen Japan's naval ability.

• Complete localisation of all new focuses to be as vanilla-like as possible.

• Adjustment of AI strategy to improve AI Japan, especially when it goes down the Kodoha path.