The odd thing is, from my readings into Imperial Japan, the overall situation is that one faction of the Japanese political structure (usually termed the Old Men, to give you an idea who these guys are they're the ones that force-march Japan into the industrial age and effectively rejected the British/French style of Empire for a more trade-centric empire model) losing the political fight against the chucklefucks we know and 'love' (usually termed the Imperialists or Imperial Faction,
Here's the thing, I only said that DeepFakes is a thing and that the image in question is from a satellite is no longer a reason to not question its validity. Verify over all else.
Can you verify that or is it classified information that you're giving vague generals on?