[Gay State Conservative]

The only real leverage a country like Japan has over the Butchers of Beijing is economic. I doubt that the Japanese Navy would be much of a match for China.

Also,if Japan gets belligerent China could arrange for a few dozen North Korean missiles to land a couple of miles from their shores.

[meatloaf]

The Japanese non-aircraft carrier carriers got China’s attention fast. They also have copies of our Burkes. Japan could go nuclear very fast too.

[rfreedom4u]

Japan’s “defense” forces can be quite offensive......

[PIF]

We have a mutual defense pact with Japan - attack Japan, get Reagan and Truman

[null and void]

The only real leverage a country like Japan has over the Butchers of Beijing is economic. I doubt that the Japanese Navy would be much of a match for China.

Suppose the Gongboxia Dam collapsed under circumstances that suggest, but cannot prove Japanese involvement.

Japan expresses its sorrow over the terrible incident, note that it is a similar age and technology as the Three Gorges Dam, and comments "That's a nice dam youse gots there, it would be a shame if anything happened to it!"...

[Mariner]

” I doubt that the Japanese Navy would be much of a match for China.”

Edify yourself.

They are the 4th largest Navy by tonnage, have AEGIS Destroyers...and a great culture with naval warfare experience.

They could put 80 warships to sea on a moments notice. And follow with another 30 in 30 days. Their subs are superior.

Their Air Force can cover them from the air too.

Think of them as a Badger. While you might win, you will suffer horrible wounds and may die from them later.

[Gen.Blather]

The Japanese navy is a true blue water navy. They have a new class of super silent submarines and “aircraft” carriers. (Their carriers are for helicopters, but could be converted easily.)

In a war, Japan would sink everything commercial going to or coming from China whereas China would have a hard time doing the same to Japan. Where both nations need imported food, China has direct access to the Pacific and China does not, in the same way.

China is on the verge of a complete collapse and their economy is one of the worst on the planet. Not saying they aren’t crazy enough to go to war, but it would be near suicidal given their current state.

Below are some interesting articles on the situation.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=japanese+navy+compared+to+china&form=ANNTH1&refig=e2dbd8bbb0f04bd7b87afe4a4d5855ee&sp=-1&pq=japanese+navy+compared+to+china&sc=1-31&qs=n&sk=&cvid=e2dbd8bbb0f04bd7b87afe4a4d5855ee

[roadcat]

I doubt that the Japanese Navy would be much of a match for China.

The Japanese Navy is more than a match against China. One of the best in the world, while China is still figuring out how to run a navy. The Japanese could easily stop China in an engagement.

[sarge83]

The IJN would give an excellent accounting of itself against the chicoms if they go there. One of the best navies in the world.

[trebb]

Japanese stuff tends to work....