What if Japan's World War I battleships became Yamato class and its battlecruisers became Amagi class?
Short answerJapan would become a dominant capital-ship power, and even a few units could decide a major European fleet battle.
NotesReplacing Japan's First World War battleships with Yamato-class ships and its battlecruisers with Amagi-class ships would create an enormous imbalance in this counterfactual. Russia and Germany are singled out as powers that would be alarmed. The brief answer imagines even a couple of these ships at Jutland giving Japan a decisive role in the result.