As a Japanese player, can I please point out, they are VERY hard to win with. The options available are very limited, no heavy armour, no decent affordable AT etc…
Infantry are the way to go with Japs, and personally I tend to pick less but Vets, harder to kill from range and also H-T-H.
I’ve changed my style dramatically with them over the years and really enjoy playing them, however, if the opposition has anything heavy or lots of automatic weapons it is so difficult unless the scenario means your opponent cannot hang back.
Playing against the Russians is my favourite. They have low quality infantry and most Russian players seem to think that a charge backed up by a couple of Maxims is all that is required. However, when I play against OT-34 flame tank or KV2, I can do very little if it is screened by infantry… The tournament challenge here is you won’t know what nations you’ll face off against so people tend to be fairly conservative and go for more order dice.
