Regarding the Japanese side's burden of stationing expenses for the U.S. forces in Japan, the Japanese and U.S. governments have decided to increase the average annual amount for the five years from next year from 2017 billion yen this year to 210 billion yen. I started to adjust.
The Japanese side's burden of stationing expenses for the U.S. Forces in Japan is also called the "compassionate budget," which is used for labor costs and utilities costs for employees working at the base, as well as training transfer costs for the U.S. Forces, and will be borne by the next fiscal year and beyond. Foreign and defense practitioners from both the Japanese and US governments are discussing the amount.
As a result of the discussions so far, it was found that for the five years from next year, the average annual amount has increased from 2017 billion yen this year to 210 billion yen. ..
Specifically, while reducing the burden of utility bills, etc., the burden of joint training by the Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. Army will be newly set as an item in order to strengthen the Japan-US alliance in response to the increasingly severe security environment. became.
The US and Japanese governments will announce it as soon as the discussions by the practitioners are finalized.