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Asia–Pacific / country / reviewed 2026-09-28

Japan

A location with specific sourced facility, institutional, procurement or investment relationships.

This country is included through a specific dated transaction record. It is not classified here as a NATO member; arms-sale eligibility, bilateral partnership and formal treaty-alliance status are separate questions.

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documented

Possible arms sale

Japan → US foreign military sales

Standard Missile 6 Block I package; notified estimate USD 900 million. The record documents approval to proceed with a possible sale, not completion or payment.

2025-01-31 · possible procurement

documented

Named proposed supplier

Japan → RTX

Named in the 2025-01-31 notification. The package total is not the amount allocated to this company.

2025-01-31 · proposed supplier

documented

Announced investment

Microsoft → Japan

Announced multi-year program spanning infrastructure and other commitments; not a completed spend or a Japanese government grant. It builds on an earlier 2024 announcement, which is not separately summed here.

2026-04-03 · investment announcement

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proposed sale estimate

USD 900 million

Japan: Standard Missile 6 Block I package

State Department approval of a possible Foreign Military Sale. The estimate covers the notified package, including support; it is not an invoice, completed purchase, obligation, disbursement, or an allocation to an individual contractor.

2025-01-31 · Possible sale notified in 2025; delivery period not established · documented

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announced corporate investment

USD 10 billion

Microsoft infrastructure, cybersecurity and workforce plan in Japan

Announced multi-year program spanning infrastructure and other commitments; not a completed spend or a Japanese government grant. It builds on an earlier 2024 announcement, which is not separately summed here.

2026-04-03 · 2026–2029 · documented

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Sources in this record.

  1. Japan: Standard Missile 6 Block I packageDefense Security Cooperation Agency · 2025-01-31 · source access 2026-09-28

    Possible Foreign Military Sale; transmittal 25-06. Search-indexed official release checked; direct retrieval of several DSCA article pages returned 403. Amount is the notified estimate, not actual expenditure.

  2. Microsoft infrastructure, cybersecurity and workforce plan in JapanMicrosoft · 2026-04-03 · source access 2026-09-28

    Announced multi-year program spanning infrastructure and other commitments; not a completed spend or a Japanese government grant. It builds on an earlier 2024 announcement, which is not separately summed here.