[lbo-talk] Japan recovery threatened: S&P

[Dennis Redmond]

> Japan's defense spending was 5 trillion Yen in 2002.

That's the equivalent of $45 billion -- miniscule in relation to its GDP
of around $4.5 trillion. The stats:

http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp

-- DRR