The modern Japanese Navy exceeds the British Royal Navy by far. As does the Indian Navy.
The naval world is FAR different than it was in the 80s.
I was directly talking about the quality of ships that the Chicoms are building today. Most are bad copies of old Soviet-Era Designs built into modern looking ships. Chinese Submarines are noise as the 70-80s Era Soviet Subs which most are based on even the Nukes and when I was stationed in Japan in the 1990s the Japanese were the ones you wanted on your side when it came to ASW, there last remaining P-2s were on par with our P-3s and S-3s. Like I said China can outbuild us and the JNs in ships, but most are floating targets as the Chicoms have just gotten into the Blue Water Navy in the last 20 years with no concept of power projection outside of bullying Japan and Taiwan.