“However Wallace and Schuster both cautioned that the Japanese carriers are small and cannot carry many aircraft — especially compared to the US Navy’s massive 90,000-ton Nimitz-class carriers or even China’s 58,000-ton Liaoning carrier.
It’s about half the size of a Chinese carrier. But I would keep in mind, this thing is probably Lexus quality and far exceeds the Chinese effort.
China will improve in time and should not be completely scoffed at, but the Japanese will build a far superior flat top.