I am guessing that the Japanese military did not have that good of an air coverage for the Pacific. Else aircraft would seem like a good way to spot US submarines on the surface.
So I am thinking that the Japanese was not that big of a threat when it came to air attacks against submarines. Wheter or not it was dangerous in general is of no importance. Being in the military is dangerous by itself, you could sit in a car/tank peacetime and end up dead because someone decided to drive across a frozen lake.
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