It was amazing how quickly Japan acquired possessions. It was believed by many in Japan that they didn’t have to worry about US invading islands for 2 year due to the damage done to our navy. One of their fears was air attacks on the mainland coming from the Aleutians.
Heh, yeah, that was another good call, eh? The Aleutians were invaded here and there by the Japanese, but it didn't make strategic sense. And less than three months into the war Japan started, their capital got raided, and not from the Aleutians. "Don't bomb the Palace", which was part of strategic planning, was obeyed by Doolittle's Raiders. The Emperor was kept separated from the combatants (including politically, by Japanese politicians), undermining the warlords' political power.
Tojo and his associates were out of power by July 1944, and yet the Japanese fought on. 45 cities incinerated, and yet the Japanese fought on. It took not one, but two nukes to convince them to surrender, and even with that, there was a coup attempt by fanatics who wanted everyone to fight on. When Tojo and his henchmen were tried and executed, their remains were cremated and the ashes flown out over the Pacific and dumped to prevent shrines cropping up at their graves.