ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
This is probably an area we are just going to have to live with in the name of game balance. As crsutton notes, concessions have to be made to make the game enjoyable and competitive for Japan. A tweak of late-war naval experience might tip the delicate game competition balance the designers seem to have reached.
I have to respectufully disagree. There is no balance if the Japanese are capable of doing what they just did.