When i was saying that you aren't peaceful.
First,a conflict beteen China and Japan would probably draw the US,it is bound by a mutual defense treaty to protect Japan,and also has many bases in Japan.
The Japanese military is smaller than China's but has has a qualitative advantage over China.
The majority of Chinese weapons systems are old,i read somewhere,that only 450 of China's 7580 tanks are near modern,only 502 of china's aircrafts of about 1321 are deemed capable,the rest date to refurbished soviet planes from the 70's,only half of the submarines of China have been built within the past twenty years.
The Liaoning, is an old Soviet ship from the 1980s that is too small to launch most long-range planes and will probably be limited to hugging China's coast.
Japan has been supplied with advanced military hardware from 'MURICAH,in the coming year,Japan will buy new anti missile destroyed,submarines,amphibious vehicles,UAVs,fighter planes,and V22s,and Japan will receive soon its first F35. (If i'm not wrong ??)
The F-35 gives an advantage to Japan,because it could strike the Liaoning with hard-to-intercept joint strike missiles from a safe distance of ~290km. The F-35 should also be able to locate and engage China's main aircraft, the J-15 (??) before the Japanese F35 is even detected.
Japan is very well protected by a missile defense systems equipped with SM-3 missiles,and patriots PAC3.
it is sure that Japan has the strongest army,air force,navy in Asia (If we do not count the US
),but it is sure that your article 9 of your constitution is an handicap..
But i'll say that,China shouldn't be understated,they are rapidly modernising their forces,and their capabilities. (
understating a country is a mistake !)
I hope that there will be never a conflict between JP and CN though.