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Why the Anglo-Japanese Alliance still ended

The corrected timeline shifts the counterfactual from renewal to the treaty-era decision that ended the alliance.

Question

What if the Anglo-Japanese Alliance were renewed after World War I?

Short answer

It was renewed; the decisive change came later when the naval-treaty settlement brought the alliance to an end.

Notes

The question assumes that the alliance first needed renewal after World War I, but that renewal had already occurred. The alliance was subsequently dropped because of the naval-treaty settlement. Its continuation would require Britain and Japan to avoid that later termination. Simply arranging another renewal does not address the actual point at which the relationship ended.