Worth noting that, even if the military had high regard among Japanese society, the Army and Navy were practically states within a state and operated in tandem with Tokyo's directives, not under them. They even put up their own political representatives for office rather than through formal parties on occasion. Even after the foiled coup by the Kodoha clique brought about a purge of openly disloyal elements, the military still maintained a large degree of autonomy from the civilian government.

I bring this up to say that, especially in this case, even under the logic of Total War, the civilian sector's interests often operate separately from the military's.