Chapter 385 – Continental Affairs, Early 1935

In 1935, the tenth year of the Showa era, Japan and its surrounding regions remained relatively peaceful. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there had been no particularly major changes over the past few years.

As for the situation around the world, on March 16, Germany repudiated the Treaty of Versailles and declared the rearmament of Nazi Germany. For me, however, this was merely something I already “knew.” Besides, there was nothing I could immediately do about it.

At most, all I could do was warn public opinion in both Japan and the United States that “the actions of Germany’s current government are dangerous,” and sound the alarm.

Meanwhile, the situation on the continent was less stable than chaotic. The fact that there had been no extreme difference compared to ten years ago was a major departure from the history of