The 1896 Naval Expansion Plan was made after the First Sino-Japanese War, and included four armored cruisers in addition to four more battleships, all of which had to be ordered from overseas shipyards as Japan lacked the capability to build them itself.
The Naval Expansion Plan of 1896 was initiated after the First Sino-Japanese War and included four armored cruisers alongside four additional battleships, which had to be imported as Japan did not have the capability to construct them domestically.