From the point of view of the Japs should have happened and should have happened. If you look at the OOB the Japs would have taken Hawaii in a few days if there Amphibious Task force went to Hawaii instead of PI. They made a mistake and we benefited from it.
They didn’t have the resources to take Hawaii and still go after the areas which had the oil and rubber and tin and other materials they were going to war to get. And consider how badly they botched their initial attempt at invading Wake Island, which wasn’t nearly as well defended as Oahu.