Are you aware that Japan has a stealth fighter program and the prototype is being built now?
Actually ATD-X is not a prototype for a stealth fighter program.
It is a sub-sized demonstrator for technologies that can be used in a future stealth fighter program. Come on, get your facts right, you're better than this.
that japan builds their own aircraft carriers some of which are really big and they did not even ask the US or Russia to buy scrap to make one.
The problem you do not understand is the odds we are playing, we are talking about a WWIII scenario, China won`t kick out the US from Japan niether the pacific.
China is raising the odds to look strong to test the US-Japan alliance and look strong, pushing the Japanese to see how serious are about the Islands but Japan still has a Naval presence in the dispute Islands and as long as they are there China does not gain any thing, If China declares no ship is allowed then that is really serious, but i am sure the JASDF will still fly there but China wants to press Japan.
What naval presence are you talking about. They've never deployed their navy to the disputed islands.
And if Japan militarizes heavily it won't only piss China off. The US will be nervous, SK won't be happy either.