The video contrasts the Treaty Faction, which accepted naval arms-control agreements, with the Fleet Faction, which wanted Japan free to build against Britain and the United States. It presents Fushimi as the Fleet Faction's key protector and leader. The faction might have faded in the 1920s without the political shelter supplied by a senior imperial prince. His protected position forced rivals in the Army, government, and Navy to hear a programme that demanded more military funding and a larger fleet. Factional survival is therefore central to the story of Japanese naval expansion, alongside the disagreement over treaty ratios.
Chapter · 11:12-13:28
The Fleet Faction and treaty withdrawal
The profile explains how Fushimi's prestige preserved the Fleet Faction and its demand for a navy unconstrained by arms-control treaties.