Do The Math

This article, by a brilliant madman, explains why Japan lost WW2. A couple of statistics:

Aircraft Carriers built during the war - US: 141 Japan: 17
Merchant ship production (tons) - US: 33.9 mm Japan: 4.1 mm
Aircraft production - US: 324,760 Japan: 76,320

To give you a little perspective on that aircraft production number, the United States currently has 250,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guard personnel.