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How Japan might treat a 15,500-ton cruiser limit

In this counterfactual, Japan would treat the higher cruiser ceiling as another limit to exceed.

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Question

Would Japan build up to a hypothetical 15,500-ton cruiser limit or exceed it?

Short answer

Japan would exceed it, treating the treaty ceiling as a challenge.

Notes

Japan is expected to exceed the hypothetical limit. Raising the ceiling to 15,500 tons would give it another boundary to test. No particular cruiser design or amount of excess displacement is proposed.