Imperial Japanese Navy doctrine combined elements of the British and American approaches. Japanese destroyers and cruisers trained for night attacks using long-range Long Lance torpedoes. Its carriers delivered the massed daylight air strikes for which the fleet became famous. Together, those choices suited Japan's force structure and expected battle.
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Japan combined night torpedoes with massed daytime air power
Japanese doctrine mixed destroyer and cruiser night attacks with the large daylight carrier strikes associated with Pacific operations.