Japan has one of the largest navies in the world, they recently launched a helo-carrier, perfectly capable of carrying the F-35 Marine variant.
Who would have guessed that after 70 years we would consider that great news.
China has more warships and warplanes, Japan build better ships, has less but quality.
There’s poll at JapanToday.com dated Dec 12, 2012: “Do you think Japan should scrap the war-renouncing Article 9 from its Constitution?”
Those were the days when China was then a sleeping dragon. Imagine the situation where Japan goes to war with communist China, a nation with nuclear weapons, and North Korea, a nation also with nuclear weapons?
I think Japan should re-arm with nukes, too, build at least 15 JDS Izumo’s, F-35A, F-35B and F-35C variants of their own, etc.