Japan approved the allocation of funds for the maintenance of American military bases on its territory

March 31 2021 65

The Japanese parliament, by a majority vote, extended the allocation of funds for the maintenance of American military bases in the country for another year. According to the Kyodo agency, in the future, Tokyo and Washington plan to agree on the maintenance of Americans in 2022.

Japanese parliamentarians approved the distribution of expenses for the maintenance of American military bases in the country for the 2021 fiscal year (from April 1, 2021). The expenses to be borne by the Japanese side will amount to 201,7 billion yen (about 1,9 billion dollars). This amount is equal to the expenses spent on similar expenses last year.

This includes all utility costs associated with American bases, as well as salaries for salaried civilian personnel working at the facilities.

In February of this year, Tokyo and Washington formally signed an agreement to extend the conditions of detention of American bases located in the country for another year.

Earlier it was reported that the United States was trying to shift to Japan a significant share of the costs of maintaining the American military contingent in Japanese territory. According to former adviser John Bolton, former US President Donald Trump demanded that Tokyo spend up to $ 8 billion a year to "protect Japan from attack."

Earlier, the commander of the American military group in Japan, Lieutenant General Jerry Martinez, said that the United States did not intend to place its military bases on the South Kuril Islands after their transfer to Japan.

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Alien From

+16

31 March 2021 11: 33

Who would have doubted ..... samurai pride was thrust into the anus once again.
1. Hunter 2
  
  +17
  
  31 March 2021 11: 37
  
  It's kind of cool ... paying for the occupation of your own country. Yes, the samurai were transferred ...
  1. Overlock
    
    +16
    
    31 March 2021 12: 12
    
    Quote: Hunter 2
    pay for the occupation of their own country.
    
    If the parliament approves, it means that they do not consider themselves occupied
  2. Lionnvrsk
    
    +5
    
    31 March 2021 12: 56
    
    Quote: Hunter 2
    It's kind of cool ... paying for the occupation of your own country. Yes, the samurai were transferred ...
    
    Maybe we will get fucked in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, then we may be paid for the islands.
  3. Roman070280
    
    -11
    
    31 March 2021 12: 59
    
    pay for the occupation of their own country.
    
    It would be nice to read the definition of the words "occupation" and "freedom" ..
    The so-called "occupied" Japanese, for some reason, have a standard of living higher than not only the "free" Russians, but are in no way inferior in this respect to the "occupiers" themselves ..
    In general, not everything is so simple ..
  4. Simargl
    
    0
    
    April 1 2021 01: 25
    
    Quote: Hunter 2
    It's really cool ... paying for the occupation of your own country.
    So it is implied, in general. But not many are able to do this with enthusiasm.
    ... though...
    1. Vladimir Mashkov
      
      0
      
      April 1 2021 11: 56
      
      Just wondering: are there still those who want to give the South Kuriles to the Japanese for the sake of friendship with them?
2. Uncle lee
  
  +12
  
  31 March 2021 11: 47
  Eastern wisdom !
  1. Grandfather
    
    -1
    
    31 March 2021 12: 00
    
    Japan approved the allocation of funds for the maintenance of American military bases on its territory
    handsome men ... pay themselves to be raped and killed.
3. Andobor
  
  +3
  
  31 March 2021 12: 27
  
  Quote: Alien From
  samurai pride thrust once again into the anus
  
  What pride? - Several generations of Japanese have grown up during the occupation.
4. Real Pilot
  
  +3
  
  31 March 2021 12: 59
  
  Yeah ...
  Expensive 8 billion. Trump wanted. As I understand it, there is now 2 billion price tag.
  
  Well, samurai should be happy, because what could be sadder than a ronin who lost and did not financially support his master (declassed warrior of the feudal period of Japan, who lost the patronage of his suzerain, or failed to save him from death).
  
  stated that the United States does not intend to deploy its military bases on the South Kuril Islands after their transfer to Japan
  
  But this is generally touching! That is, additional money for investments in the Kuriles after their "transfer"? And what ... Their plan is as follows: the Yapas crush Russia, get the islands, and then pay for the construction of bases for America by their American armed forces ... It's funny!
5. tihonmarine
  
  +3
  
  31 March 2021 14: 01
  
  Quote: Alien From
  Who would have doubted ..... samurai pride was thrust into the anus once again.
  
  What kind of "samurai pride" is there when, after the Meiji Revolution, they turned from samurai into American slaves. Although they tried to show that they are "tough guys" by hanging themselves with gun-something, instead of the old forgotten ones, katana and wakizashi. Although from time to time they kicked up against the owner (as after Pearl Harbor), but then they received the next "gifts" and returned (as now) to the obedient stall.
  True, even now some prime ministers consider themselves "samurai", but in reality they are the same lambs for barbecue (in Japanese, jingisukan).
6. Incvizitor
  
  0
  
  31 March 2021 14: 44
  
  If the samurai had known that their country would have been so lowered, they would have done a sepuku right away, such an indelible disgrace for all times, they would never be washed off.
FIR FIR

+5

31 March 2021 11: 36

Japan approved the allocation of funds for the maintenance of American military bases on its territory

Could there be other options?
1. Grandfather
  
  +3
  
  31 March 2021 12: 01
  
  Quote: FIR FIR
  Japan approved the allocation of funds for the maintenance of American military bases on its territory
  
  Could there be other options?
  
  hara-kiri ...
2. Overlock
  
  +20
  
  31 March 2021 12: 11
  
  Quote: FIR FIR
  Could there be other options?
  
  In this case, no options
3. Nyrobsky
  
  +1
  
  31 March 2021 17: 39
  
  Quote: FIR FIR
  Japan approved the allocation of funds for the maintenance of American military bases on its territory
  
  Could there be other options?
  
  Alternatively, they could try to roll out the counter ball and demand from the mattresses to pay at least the lease of land under the American bases for the entire period of their presence.
Cananecat

+2

31 March 2021 11: 37

The United States does not intend to place its military bases on the South Kuril Islands after their transfer to Japan

We are looking forward to joining the new Federal District of Alaska.
1. GTYCBJYTH2021
  
  -3
  
  31 March 2021 12: 13
  
  Quote: Canecat
  The United States does not intend to place its military bases on the South Kuril Islands after their transfer to Japan
  
  We are looking forward to joining the new Federal District of Alaska.
  
  Why do we need ... you ... me Alaska ?! We cannot settle our Far East ... from Kamchatka, RUSSIANS descend into the warmth ... Alaska ...
  1. Cananecat
    
    0
    
    31 March 2021 14: 07
    
    Why do we need ... you ... me Alaska ?! We cannot settle our Far East
    
    Alaska may not be needed, but let them get nervous. )))
2. tihonmarine
  
  +1
  
  31 March 2021 14: 03
  
  Quote: Canecat
  We are looking forward to joining the new Federal District of Alaska.
  
  First, the road needs to be there, to Alaska (do not stomp there on foot).
  1. Kushka
    
    0
    
    31 March 2021 18: 21
    
    Quote: tihonmarine
    Quote: Canecat
    
    First, the road needs to be there, to Alaska (do not stomp there on foot).
    
    The Americans built their own back in 1942
    (for lend-lease). And now it's the Pan American Highway
    from Alaska to southern Argentina.
    1. tihonmarine
      
      +1
      
      31 March 2021 20: 09
      
      Quote: Kushka
      And now it's the Pan American Highway
      from Alaska to southern Argentina.
      
      I'm not talking about that road, but about Moscow-Alaska.
      1. Kushka
        
        +1
        
        31 March 2021 20: 49
        
        I understood you, of course, and it's even difficult to imagine,
        how cool it would be.
        I just read sometime how they built it in 1942.
        Military builders ... in 9 months ... without a project ...
        photo - horror - all equipment in a swamp with tracks entirely.
        We got to the gorge - the project of the bridge on the knee - and further.
        2700 km is no joke. By the way, Canada has asphalt on its site
        put it only in the 80s.
        
        tihonmarine
        
        0
        
        April 1 2021 10: 08
        
        Quote: Kushka
        I understood you, of course, and it's even difficult to imagine,
        how cool it would be.
        
        Well, I'm just thinking about that. Comrade Stalin built the railway from Murmansk to the Bering Strait, and he probably had an idea to build this road across the whole of Alaska. The liberals did not come to power.
Doccor18

+3

31 March 2021 11: 37

It would be very funny if they didn't approve ...
Mouse

+10

31 March 2021 11: 38

Well, who will pay for the occupation?
Themselves occupied! bowing and smiling ...
1. Kaman
  
  +2
  
  31 March 2021 11: 58
  
  The Japanese do not consider themselves occupied. They fear China, North Korea and Russia. Therefore, they are ready to pay for the maintenance of American troops.
  1. Mouse
    
    +6
    
    31 March 2021 12: 08
    
    It is necessary to appease the kind American uncle and in the event of a grandiose nix he will come and protect ... or he will not come ...
  2. APASUS
    
    +3
    
    31 March 2021 12: 21
    
    Quote: Kaman
    The Japanese do not consider themselves occupied.
    
    70% of them think that they bombed them with nuclear bombs from the USSR and what has changed from this? Some Ukrainians think that they live in a democracy ................
    1. tihonmarine
      
      0
      
      31 March 2021 14: 10
      
      Quote: APASUS
      70% of them think that they bombed them with nuclear bombs from the USSR and what has changed from this? Some Ukrainians think that they live in a democracy.
      
      And those and others think that they were occupied by Russia.
    2. zlinn
      
      +1
      
      31 March 2021 15: 21
      
      this is not true, the Japanese do not think so, they know and remember well who bombed them, and they perfectly remember and teach in school what they did in China and Korea, and therefore it is not in vain that they are afraid of the Chinese and North Koreans, and in a sense, the southerners too , and they are really grateful to the states that they did not let them be torn to pieces, which they deserved and, just like the Germans, are very glad that with the assistance of the states they were able to develop into the leading economies of the world, and of course they are not too happy about this state of affairs, but they prefer the prosperity of the peoples of their countries to apparent independence, because their real financial power makes them independent enough to live well, but dependent enough not to do stupid things, like a drunk who knows himself and almost voluntarily goes to be treated
2. Simon schempp
  
  -8
  
  31 March 2021 12: 16
  
  Oh, okay. It's just jealousy that is heard in your words.
  Russia is ready to forgive multibillion-dollar debts and pour financial aid from above to open at least one base or at least one MTO fad (the uryakalki also call it a brilliant foreign policy). But as we can see, there are no people who want to line up.
  The Americans, on the other hand, get the ball, hence the caustic comments about the occupation, admiration, etc.
  1. Mouse
    
    +9
    
    31 March 2021 12: 22
    
    Unbend already and wipe the smile from your face ... the staff will not see ...
    1. Paranoid50
      
      +4
      
      31 March 2021 12: 52
      
      Quote: Mouse
      Unbend already and wipe the smile from your face
      
      You demand the impossible - for runners this is the credo of life.
      1. tihonmarine
        
        0
        
        31 March 2021 14: 14
        
        Quote: Paranoid50
        You demand the impossible - for runners this is the credo of life.
        
        Only runaways will not succeed, African-Americans have already taken this "profitable place" in the states.
  2. tihonmarine
    
    0
    
    31 March 2021 14: 12
    
    Quote: Simon Schempp
    The Americans, on the other hand, get the ball, hence the caustic comments about the occupation, admiration, etc.
    
    You rightly said about the ball. Ukraine went to the United States on the ball, and with Japan it was a little more difficult.
Holuay T.O

-5

31 March 2021 11: 38

US successfully builds a bloc against China led by Japan
1. knn54
  
  +4
  
  31 March 2021 11: 49
  
  Considering the friendly (I am surprised myself) relations between Japan and Australia, as well as Japan and India since WWII (on the basis of hatred towards Great Britain), something like CENTO or SEATO can be reanimated.
  RK, perhaps New Zealand will also catch up.
  1. Holuay T.O
    
    -3
    
    31 March 2021 12: 15
    
    Vietnam still
Barnabas

+3

31 March 2021 11: 44

Well, knowing the mattresses, if they say that "they do not intend", then they will definitely be placed. Moreover, then there can be no question of transferring the islands, neither partially, nor, even more so, completely.
1. tihonmarine
  
  0
  
  31 March 2021 14: 16
  
  Quote: Barnabas
  Well, knowing the mattresses, if they say that "they do not intend", then they will definitely be placed.
  
  If grandfather Biden said that "they do not intend to publish, then he forgot about it by evening.
musorg

+4

31 March 2021 11: 56

We threw you an atom for the sake of testing, and now pay for the fact that we are your guest! What happened to you proud samurai?
1. Overlock
  
  +25
  
  31 March 2021 12: 10
  
  Quote: musorg
  What happened to you proud samurai?
  
  The same as with the Germans
2. AUL
  
  0
  
  31 March 2021 16: 07
  
  For some reason, I remembered an old Japanese hoku:
  Floats on a mountain river katana
  From the ancient city of Kukushima.
  Bon voyage, noble steel!
V1er

+3

31 March 2021 12: 01

Well, what to talk about with them? Occupied country. What islands are they? Deal with the Americans first. It should be a shame to look into the eyes of those who survived the bombing of Hiroshima.
1. tihonmarine
  
  +1
  
  31 March 2021 14: 19
  
  Quote: V1er
  It should be a shame to look into the eyes of those who survived the bombing of Hiroshima.
  
  Probably the Americans bombed them a little, if it's still a shame.
rocket757

+4

31 March 2021 12: 04

Japan approved the allocation of funds for the maintenance of American military bases on its territory
And then you don't need to say anything, everything is as always, according to the knurled one. To keep an eye on and have the power where it is necessary, when it is necessary, otherwise it will not work.
1. cniza
  
  +4
  
  31 March 2021 13: 43
  
  They spin like a louse, but since the occupied people cannot decide anything on their own ...
  1. rocket757
    
    +2
    
    31 March 2021 14: 04
    
    Over time, you lose the habit of working, thinking for yourself.
    1. cniza
      
      +3
      
      31 March 2021 14: 05
      
      Yes, the USA managed to tame Japan and Germany ...
      1. rocket757
        
        +2
        
        31 March 2021 14: 07
        
        Yes, there are enough of those in that choir who happily stop thinking, are ready to yap / bite at the behest of the owner. Every little bit, squeaky.
        
        cniza
        
        +3
        
        31 March 2021 14: 12
        
        But the Germans are slowly beginning to understand that they must somehow jump out, and in Japan there are forces that understand this, but so far they are not very capable ...
        
        rocket757
        
        +1
        
        31 March 2021 14: 33
        
        Some have common sense, this is understandable, but overpowering the mainstream, it is very necessary to try.
        And in Germany now "fun" things are unfolding, corrupt and straight, right in the office of Merkel, in her ranks.
        
        cniza
        
        +3
        
        31 March 2021 14: 38
        
        It's all clear whose tricks, Mrs Merkel behaved "wrongly", just stuffing ...
        
        rocket757
        
        +2
        
        31 March 2021 14: 44
        
        How to say, nothing is alien to law-abiding Germans ... the Germans themselves, their services, promoted the case ... and again a covid theme, mask-disinfecting, to be more precise.
Overlock

+27

31 March 2021 12: 09

The Japanese parliament, by a majority vote, extended the allocation of funds for the maintenance of American military bases in the country for another year

And it will be extended further, can there be any doubts.
1. tihonmarine
  
  +1
  
  31 March 2021 14: 21
  
  Quote: Overlock
  And it will be extended further, can there be any doubts.
  
  The power in the United States has changed, but Trump's ultimatum "You must pay for the fact that we are protecting you" has not been canceled.
  1. zlinn
    
    +1
    
    31 March 2021 15: 27
    
    Isn't it okay to pay for a service? the security guard in the warehouse isn't paid?
Well done

+3

31 March 2021 12: 14

The "proud" descendants of the samurai caved in.
Baba Yaga

+2

31 March 2021 12: 32

They are disgraceful, and they also want us to return the islands to them !!!
A donut hole for them, not an island !!!
xorek

-1

31 March 2021 12: 35

And these are vaunted and proud samurai? Shame, they were figuring them out with atomic bombs and they were like ... everyone stood on their feet in front of the United States. !
The real war was in Manchuria, when the Soviet troops destroyed their million-strong army in a couple of months in a direct battle! Eh, the Japanese, the United States milk you like cows on a farm .. You made a choice!
1. Azimuth
  
  +1
  
  31 March 2021 12: 48
  
  Yeah, and the prime minister still blurts out with his tongue about solving the issue of transferring the Kuril Islands! Well, the main thing is to promise, and then find an excuse why it didn't work out.
cniza

+2

31 March 2021 13: 40

The Japanese parliament, by a majority vote, extended the allocation of funds for the maintenance of American military bases in the country for another year.

And they want to conclude a peace treaty with us?
Herman 4223

+1

31 March 2021 15: 15

Maybe we also open a military base there, this is a profitable business, apparently. Even our girls will not rape.