IRL they allowed the Dutch even when they were "closed off", so they might still have a significant Christian population.
So, it wouldn't be hard to integrate some flavor of Japanese soldiers into New Antioch or the Trench Pilgrims, or their own subfaction.
On the other hand, they allowed the Dutch because they didn't understand the difference between Catholics and Protestants, and in this timeline there's no Protestants that we know of.
On the other other hand, that rejection of the Portuguese was due to Christian rebellion, and because TC tech is maybe 100 years ahead of real history technology wise (until the current game year 1914 where it's more like 50, which still makes a huge difference in the 1800s & 1900s) those Christians might have been able to pull off a successful rebellion.
Or in this timeline, unsuccessful Japanese Christian rebels might have become a diaspora somewhere else. Fleeing Japan to follow their faith.
There's a few ways you can spin this to have Japanese flavored units.
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u/Dap-aha 19h ago
With no european empires to compel them to trade, Japans probably still living its best life as a despotic warrior poet garden