Sekai published an article last month, a translation of “Why the United States really has gone broke” by Chalmers Johnson. Included is this table ranking countries by the amount of money they spend on their military forces.
| 1 | USA | $623 billion | 2008 Budget |
| 2 | China | $65 billion | 2004 |
| 3 | Russia | $50 billion | |
| 4 | France | $45 billion | 2005 |
| 5 | Japan | $41.75 billion | 2007 |
| 6 | Germany | $35.1 billion | 2003 |
| 7 | Italy | $28.2 billion | 2003 |
| 8 | Korea | $21.1 billion | 2003 |
| 9 | India | $19 billion | 2005 estimate |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | $18 billion | 2005 estimate |
