The Japanese had many more secret weapons than previously discussed. The interesting thing is that they got much of their airplane technology from buying it from the U.S. before the war. They actually bought the plans to many warplanes through intermediaries from the Black Dragon Society which today is the Yakusa, the equivalent of the Mafia. They were trying to broker a deal with the Boeing for Boeing built bombers but that ended at the beginning of the war. The Black Dragon Society and the Japanese government worked hand in hand in many areas. Both the government and the dragons controlled Manchuria after it was taken from the Chinese. The Japanese government decided that this country would make a good area for developing secret weapons and even forbid its own war planes from flying over it.

In World War II there were only 56 submarines larger than 3,000 tons and the Japanese had 52 of them. One type of this huge submarine could carry aircraft. Not just any aircraft but bombers. Japan possessed 41 submarines that could carry planes. Not only were these subs huge but they were fast with tremendous range. There were 39 diesel-electric submarines with over 10,000 horse power in the world and they were ALL Japanese. There were 57 diesel-electric submarines able to travel faster than 23 knots on the surface and they were ALL Japanese. To top this all off, they could exceed 19 knots submerged and some had a range of over 20,000 miles. They even had an experimental submarine that could exceed 21 knots submerged. Nothing in the world at the time could touch the performance of these subs including the newest German subs that were coming into action.

Submarines were not the only thing Japan had in its favor. Everyone tends to think that the Germans were the most advanced in jet aircraft research at the beginning of the war, but this is not so. There was a country that was even more advanced than Germany and it was surprisingly Italy. The Japanese recognized this fact and had requested help in developing jet aircraft from Italy. Since Italy was an ally it sent a plane to Japan with the latest plans for jet engines. It was lucky for the allies that Japan started late to develop these engines and planes and also lucky that the war ended when it did. Not many jet or rocket planes were able to get into service but the Japanese did manage to make a smaller copy of the German Me-262 and also the German Komet which was now the Mitsubishi J7M1 Shjusui, the Rigorous Sword. The Germans had developed air to air missiles and the Japanese were planning to use these on a new jet fighter to shoot down our B-29s. They had put a few rocket powered planes into service to try and sink our carriers but these planes, even though rocket powered, were too slow and made easy targets for the gunners. Other problems were that the planes were one way aircraft. They were designed to crash into a ship to sink it. They had to be carried by a larger plane and released near the target then turn on the rocket for a powered impact. The U.S. Navy shot down all 16 of the the aircraft carrying the rocket plane (Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka) on its first outing forcing them to release the rocket planes early and out of range of their targets. A total of 755 were built by the war's end. Another Japanese plane that was being developed as a jet fighter started out with a propeller. It was the Kyushu J7W1 Shinden known as the Magnificent Lightning. It had a unique wing design with the motor in the rear. The wings were swept back and it used a canard in front to control the plane. Even with a prop it could climb to 39,000 ft., hit 466 mph (at 28,500 ft.) and carry 4 small bombs. It had 4 30 mm cannon. Jet aircraft were not the only things Japan was working on. The were building a heavy six engine bomber that would be able to reach he west coast of the U.S. and return. This plane had engines that put out 5,000 hp each.

In Manchuria the world's first biological bombs were being developed by the Japanese. The idea was to drop a bioloigical bomb on a population and destroy most of it. the Japanese found that Bubonic Plague was the most deadly disease for germ warfare. They had tried it out by spreading it manually on the Chinese. The Japanese had a secret unit called Unit 731 and this unit was charged with developing biological weapons. They would infect Chinese and Russian prisoners then cut them up while they were alive to see how the disease had progressed. They also practiced surgical procedures on live prisoners. No anesthetic was used. They finally hit upon a scheme to spread the plague by putting thousands of infected fleas into bombs made of clay. The bombs were specially rigged to separate and blow apart before hitting the ground. It was estimated that over 80 percent of the fleas would survive. The man in charge was Colonel Ishi, some say General Ishi. We were lucky because the Japanese in charge realized that the war was lost and didn't use the biological weapons as bombs because they wanted to keep them as bargaining chips when the cease fire came about. They prevailed and no war crimes were ever charged against the brutal unit. Apparently the U.S. felt that it was more important to keep the research secret than to let it out during trials. We also wanted Japan as a base. When the war ended we did the unthinkable, we had Ishi work for us.