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Japanese ‘Host Nation Support’ for US Forces: End It

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Japanese ‘Host Nation Support’ for US Forces: End It
American aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk leaves Yokosuka naval base to monitor North Korea in Yokosuka, Japan, on Jan. 23, 2003. Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images
Grant Newsham
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The United States and Japan will soon restart negotiations over “host nation support.” That’s the money Japan pays to cover part of the costs of basing U.S. forces in Japan.

Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
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