China News Service, February 18th. According to the "Central News Agency" report on the 18th, Japan and the U.S. government decided after consultations on the issue of the allocation of funds for the U.S. troops stationed in Japan. The same year.

The two sides will continue to negotiate how to share the burden after fiscal year 2022.

  According to reports, among the funds for the US military stationed in Japan, the Japanese share includes the salaries of US military base staff, part of the electricity bill, and heating costs.

  Japan and the United States have also signed a special agreement on this, which is usually renewed every 5 years.

Given that the current agreement will expire in March, the two parties initiated business negotiations in November 2020.

However, due to the former US President Trump's claim that Japan's burden should be substantially increased, the two sides have been unable to reach a consensus for a long time.

  After the current U.S. President Biden took office, because the special agreement was about to expire, Japan and the United States agreed to maintain Japan’s funding this year to maintain the same 2017 billion yen as in the past, and to extend the current special agreement for one year.

  As for the funding burden of the US military stationed in Japan from 2022, Japan and the US will continue to negotiate and plan to reach a consensus within this year.