Last year, the total revenue of 5 Japanese arms dealers increased by 40%.

In recent years, despite strong protests, Japan has significantly adjusted its security policy, with defense budgets rising continuously for 13 years, gradually relaxing restrictions on weapons exports, and strengthening defense cooperation with multiple countries and selling weapons. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute recently released the 2024 global top 100 defense contractor revenue list, and it is noteworthy that many Japanese defense companies, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, have seen a significant increase in sales. This reflects a dangerous trend of "progressive breakthrough" in Japan's weapons export policy being loosened.