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World War II hardware was dictated by doctrine. Japan had no real doctrine for tanks besides "go over where the enemy is and maybe do something", so they never dedicated all that much resources to their tank arm. And really, outside of the Burma campaign, better tanks wouldn't have helped Japan at all during the war. As is, the only time there were any significant clashes between Japanese and Allied tanks were found in overwhelming defeats inflicted by the Red Army.