Give them a a 3- 5 year window and they would have the best Navy, one to rival even our own.
>>>Give them a a 3- 5 year window and they would have the best Navy, one to rival even our own.<<<
You might be either too optimistic on Japanese or too pessimistic (or know too much) on US naval development.
Japan is not in a position to remilitarize. There are too many old people, full of guilt (maybe it’s a wrong term considering japanese but it is something like that) for their past, who got used to a fact of constant foreign occupation and who see US military as their own military.
I know you can argue with me based on your knowledge of japanese nationalism, some of them hate all the above but they still recognize it as a fact of life.
There are not enough young people to waste in war, there are no other visual goals as well (oil, markets?? not).