If UK and Japan went to war who would win?

Answer 1

This is a difficult question because Britain remains a world power and Japan no longer is. The armed forces of Japan are now equipped and structured only for the defense of Japan. Ergo, any war fought would require the British to carry the war to Japan. Also, Britain is a nuclear power, and it can always play the nuclear card if necessary, but such a scenario is unlikely. Unless the Brits used nuclear weapons, my money would be on the Japanese. The last time these countries fought was in World War 2, and the Japanese ability to wage war was severely underestimated by the British and other Allies, to painful effect. Only Russia, having lost a war to Japan early in the 20th Century, did not underestimate Japanese military ability in World War 2.