I think it’s high time the Japanese started having their own aircraft carriers again. They can do what the IJN did with it’s early battleships: adopt Brit designs (so build variants if the QE/PoW class, preferably with the cat/arrestor gear configuration).
They can top them off with the names Akagi and Kaga.
And then sit back and let the ChiComs freak.
The Japanese are already building aircraft carrying combat ships in response to the Chinese:
http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/16ddh.htm
And they have a larger class in planning:
http://www.freewebs.com/jeffhead/worldwideaircraftcarriers/22ddh.htm
If the Japanese want to go to the next level (aircraft carriers carrying 70-90 aircraft), the Japanese will have a number of advantages over the Chinese including access to still secret US carrier design technology.