You must look again. Japan has a bigger and more powerful navy than the Brits do today. And does anyone doubt they could create Toyota quality nukes in a few months? It’s child’s play.
I haven’t paid attention to the Japanese navy.
The last thing I remember they had a small Defense Force instead of an army but were talking about expanding it for a “more aggressive defensive posture “.
Any word on that?
With their nuclear energy program, who’s to say they don’t already have some nukes stashed away somewhere?