日本军工企业谨慎扩张市场

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Jonathan Soble, 日本军工企业谨慎扩张市场，首选东南亚及印度. 纽约时报中文网, July 15, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20150713/c13japanarms/

, which is translated from

Jonathan Soble, With Ban on Exports Lifted, Japan Arms Makers Cautiously Market Wares Abroad. New York Times, July 15, 2015.

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"A maritime security exposition here [Yokohama 横浜(市)] in May was the first military industry trade show in Japan * * * And it was the first anywhere to feature the Japanese manufacturers.

"Mr Abe is counting on increased military-related trade to help cement ties with other countries in the region that share Japan’s wariness of China.

"Less than 1 percent of Japan’s industrial output is military-related, and only four Japanese companies are among the top 100 arms producers ranked by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute * * * The biggest, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, earns less than a tenth the revenue from military sales as the top American military contractor, Lockheed Martin.

"a lack of real-world experience presents an additional hurdle [for Japan's defense industry].  'The US fights a lot of wars, so they get feedback on the performance of their weapons,' he [Masahiro Matsumura, a professor at Momoyama Gakuin University] said. * * * Japan has not sent troops into combat since World War II

Note: "Masahiro MATSUMURA 松村 昌廣, a professor at Momoyama Gakuin University"
(a) Momoyama Gakuin University  桃山学院大学 (private; based in Osaka; Founded 1884 (by Anglican Church 英国聖公会), Chartered 1959)  en.wikipedia.org
(b) The university's website says, in Japanese, that in 1895 the name was changed to 桃山学院 (a predecessor of 桃山学院大学), because the peach trees grew in the vicinity.