China News Service, August 15th. According to Kyodo News Agency on the 14th, negotiations on the burden of the Japanese side for US troops stationed in Japan will begin soon. U.S. President Trump has hinted that Japan is required to pay more than four times the current funding, and the Japanese government has increased its vigilance.
According to reports, negotiations on the allocation of defense costs of the US military in Japan are held every five years, and the negotiations will discuss the allocation of costs starting from 2021.
On July 22, 2019, at the Japanese Prime Minister’s residence, the then-U.S. Assistant to the President, Bolton, who met with the then National Security Director Shoutaro Yanuchi, proposed that Trump hopes that Japan will provide approximately US$8 billion a year (approximately RMB 55.6 billion). ) Funding. Japan’s original expense was only about 200 billion yen (approximately RMB 13 billion), which is a huge increase.
In this regard, the Japanese side expressed great concern. It is understood that many of the labor costs of the employees in the US military bases in Japan are now borne by the Japanese side, and there is no room for additional costs such as water, electricity and gas.
According to the report, as a countermeasure, Japan’s plans include increasing the burden on Japan-US joint exercise fees and spending on the constellation plan for the small satellite system.
A person from the Japanese government said that if there is a new expenditure item, it "may open the Pandora's box and trigger further requests."