Japan's parliament decided in 1967 that, in keeping with the country's pacifist post-war constitution, it should restrict exports of military equipment. In 1976 the policy was hardened into a ban on almost all foreign sales of weaponry. However, three months ago Shinzo Abe's nationalist-tinged government relaxed the ban. In the next few weeks it is expected to give the first arms-export licence to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a conglomerate that is a big supplier to Japan's own forces. Mitsubishi will make infrared sensors for Raytheon, an American weapons firm, which will put them on Patriot missiles that it will sell to Qatar, an American ally in the Gulf.
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机译：日本国会在1967年决定，根据日本战后的和平宪法，应限制军事装备的出口。 1976年，该政策被强化为禁止几乎所有外国武器销售的禁令。但是，三个月前，安倍晋三的民族主义政府放松了禁令。预计在接下来的几周内，日本将向三菱重工（Mitsubishi Heavy Industries）颁发第一份武器出口许可证，该企业集团是日本自有力量的主要供应商。三菱将为美国武器公司雷神公司制造红外传感器，并将其安装在爱国者导弹上，该导弹将出售给美国海湾地区的盟友卡塔尔。
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