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Japan and the United States announced yesterday that they have agreed that Tokyo will pay 1.55 trillion yen ($ 13.64 billion) over a five-year period from April next year to maintain US bases in the country, the Japanese network NHK reported.
The new deal is nearly 211 billion yen, more than Japan paid in the fiscal year ending in March, the NHK network reports without giving further details.
Earlier, the US said it had spent $ 34 billion in total to maintain its military presence in Japan and South Korea, from 2016 to 2019.
The two countries paid a total of $ 18 billion to the United States over a four-year period, according to the official report. GAO Report entitled “Burden Sharing: Advantages and Costs of US Army Presence in Japan and South Korea.”
The rising costs of the U.S. military presence in Far Asia had started with former President Trump since 2019.
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