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Japan, US to Start Formal Talks on Cost of Hosting US Troops
The national flags of the United States and Japan are held up during a ceremony to start a joint drill between the US Marine Corps and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force at an exercise area in Hokkaido, Japan on Aug. 10, 2017. / Kyodo
By Kyodo News 10 November 2020
TOKYO–Japan and the United States will launch formal negotiations later this week in Washington on a cost-sharing agreement for Tokyo’s hosting of US troops, the Japanese government said Tuesday.
With the current five-year deal expiring at the end of fiscal 2020 next March, the two sides need to agree on a new budget from April 2021 for hosting the around 55,000 US military personnel stationed in Japan under the bilateral security alliance.
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