Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is increasing production of missiles for Japan’s Self-Defense Forces. (Photo from Ground Self-Defense Force’s website)
MASASHI ISAWA
December 4, 2025 01:45 JST
TOKYO — Japan’s defense contractors are rushing to capitalize on the government’s military spending boost, hoping to establish a solid profit structure based on dual-use technologies as companies from the U.S. and elsewhere eye the Japanese market.