Industrial acceleration involved social and institutional problems as well as money and raw materials. Education and infrastructure constrained how quickly Japan could enlarge the skilled workforce needed for a modern military economy. Reform could require a wider educational base, a broader officer pool, and greater willingness to listen to talent outside established circles. Resistance to those changes limited the country's ability to solve economic weakness through internal reform rather than external expansion.
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Education and officer recruitment as strategic bottlenecks
Japan's strategic limits included education, infrastructure, and resistance to widening the pool of people permitted to lead and manage expansion.