Good Strategy For Japan

[luftwaffe]

It's been a long time since I last posted but Im looking for a good Japanese strategy. I've had the game for awhile but mostly I've only played germany. The Japs seem alot harder not only because of production but making sure that you don't attack a political frozen region and get the U.S. involved to soon which I've done a few times like attacking Siam. I wanted to play a one on one game me as the axis and the pc as the allies on level challenging. The problem is what should I do with Japan go east towards the US or go west taking china and then attack russia from the other side as germany attacks east?

[Daykeras]

Russian attack... it's gamey, but it's the best bet as Japan. Just don't neglect india. You can probably make a swing for it and if you're really lucky you can do a double assualt on russia. One from Persia, and one from the East