Japan covers roughly three-quarters of U.S. basing costs annually

Evidence

Temporarily putting aside questions about the wisdom, efficacy, and morality of this strategy, its financial costs alone should raise serious doubts. Remember that despite large sums contributed by the Japanese government, U.S. taxpayers are likely paying 150 million to 225 million more per year to keep around fifteen thousand marines in Okinawa compared to basing them in the United States. Basing U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel in Okinawa and elsewhere in Japan is even more expensive for the U.S. government compared to domestic basing. The total additional cost to U.S. taxpayers to maintain 109 base sites and more than fifty thousand troops in Japan could easily top one billion dollars a year. Ironically enough, in addition to those being extorted in Okinawa and Japan, Americans are being extorted too. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 888 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Host countries bear steep financial and social costs from U.S. bases; Keeping U.S. troops in Japan costs taxpayers over a billion dollars extra annually — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 888; Japan and South Korea each contributed $2.3 billion toward US bases in 2012 (+1 more)

Related

• Keeping U.S. troops in Japan costs taxpayers over a billion dollars extra annually (similarity 0.95)
• Stationing troops overseas costs tens of thousands more per person annually (similarity 0.89)
• Japanese taxpayers fund roughly three quarters of U.S. basing costs (similarity 0.88)
• Host countries bear steep financial and social costs from U.S. bases (similarity 0.88)
• The Futenma response agreement produced billions in new US housing funded by Japan. (similarity 0.87)
• Japan no longer needs U.S. bases for its own defense (similarity 0.85)
• The U.S. is the one extracting subsidies from Japan (similarity 0.84)
• The United States commonly pays host nations rather than the reverse. (similarity 0.83)
• Overseas bases cost more to run than domestic ones despite host-nation support (similarity 0.83)
• Host nations paid the U.S. about $1.1 billion in 2012 to sustain bases (similarity 0.83)
• Every military service pays substantially more per person stationed overseas (similarity 0.82)
• Stationing a soldier abroad costs each taxpayer $10,000–$40,000 more annually (similarity 0.82)
• US overseas bases cost taxpayers at least $71.8 billion annually (similarity 0.81)
• Containment rationale for Japanese bases substitutes China for the USSR with weak fit (similarity 0.81)
• Host nations, not the U.S., absorb base-related environmental and noise costs (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Japan and South Korea each contributed $2.3 billion toward US bases in 2012 #corroborates (0.80)
• Keeping U.S. troops in Japan costs taxpayers over a billion dollars extra annually #contradicts (0.70) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 888
• Japan’s payments to host U.S. bases exceed a plausible security rationale today #expands (0.60)