How Japan Plans to Win is the English translation of The Three-Power Alliance and the United States-Japanese War, a work of current events by Kinoaki Matsuo, a Japanese Foreign Affairs Officer, Navy Admiralty Liaison, Navy strategizer, and member of the Black Dragon Society.

The English translation was performed by Kilsoo Haan, a Korean anti-Japanese operative living in the United States.

[2] Some Japanese sources allege that the book is actually a work of propaganda, intended to lift civilian morale and reassure the public of that Japan will have a chance for a negotiated peace in the event it finds itself coerced into war with the United States.

"[3] The version published in Boston by Little, Brown and Company featured a reproduction of the Japanese book cover and endsheets.

[4] The book published in London by George G. Harrap and Company featured tan cloth boards without a title on the front or back covers.