En mi humilde opinion pienso que no habria estrategia que diese la victoria al Imperio Nipon sobre los EEUU.
Como ya han comentado la economia estadounidense era por mucho mayor que la nipona, y una vez alborotado el avispero esta diferencia se incrementaria aun mas:
"The Rise and Fall of The Great Powers" by Paul Kennedy
Aqui podemos ver la produccion de buques de guerra durante los años de la contienda:
El tonelaje de buques mercantes para 1945 sobrepasa por mucho a los nipones (aunque para 1941 ya la diferencia era bastante grande).
Y la produccion de aeronaves para el esfuerzo de guerra arroja un resultado similar:
El autor de este analisis dice en su conclusion:
In retrospect, it is difficult to comprehend how Japan's leadership managed to rationalize their way around the economic facts when they contemplated making war on the U.S. After all, these were not stupid men. Indeed, internal Imperial Navy studies conducted in 1941 showed exactly the trends in naval shipbuilding I have outlined above. In the end, however, the Tojo government chose the path of aggression, compelled by internal political dynamics which made the prospect of a general Japanese disengagement in China (which was the only means by which the American economic embargo would have been lifted) too humiliating a course to be taken. Consequently, the Japanese embarked on what can only be described as a suicidal venture, against an overwhelmingly large foe. However, their greatest mistake was not just disregarding the economic muscle which lay partially dormant on the other side of the Pacific. In actuality, their chief error lay in misreading the will of the American people. When the American giant awoke, it did not lapse into despair as a result of the defeats that Japan had inflicted upon it. Rather, it awoke in a rage, and applied every ounce of its tremendous strength with a cold, methodical fury against its foe. The grim price Japan paid -- 1.8 million military casualties, the complete annihilation of its military, a half million or so civilians killed, and the utter destruction of practically every major urban area within the Home Islands -- bears mute testimony to the folly of its militarist leaders.
http://www.combinedfleet.com/economic.htm
Creo que independientemente de la estrategia a seguir japon tendria las de perder frente a los EEUU, y no solo por el factor economico e industrial sino, como ya han señalado, las ventajas tecnologicas que le daban a los usanos una ventaja en el campo de batalla que los nipones no tenian, en particular tiempo despues de comenzadas las hostilidades.
Quizas en algun otro escenario como los sugeridos por Chepicoro hubiesen salido mejor parados, pero en el contexto historico que conocemos no creo que hubiese alguna variable que cambiase el resultado que ya es conocido por todos.
Saludos cordiales