The Futenma response agreement produced billions in new US housing funded by Japan.

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Okinawa bases lock Japan into a subordinate client-state role under U.S. control; Keeping U.S. troops in Japan costs taxpayers over a billion dollars extra annually — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 888

Related

• Keeping U.S. troops in Japan costs taxpayers over a billion dollars extra annually (similarity 0.89)
• Japan covers roughly three-quarters of U.S. basing costs annually (similarity 0.87)
• The 1996 Futenma response resulted in billions in new base housing construction. (similarity 0.86)
• Agreements to close bases instead funded billions in new U.S. housing. (similarity 0.84)
• Japanese taxpayers fund roughly three quarters of U.S. basing costs (similarity 0.82)
• Closing Futenma was conditioned on building Marines a new Okinawa base. (similarity 0.82)
• Japan accepted US rule of Okinawa to avoid bases on the mainland. (similarity 0.81)
• The promised Futenma closure was conditioned on building another Okinawa base (similarity 0.81)
• Japan institutionalized subsidies to buy Okinawan base acceptance. (similarity 0.79)
• The U.S. is the one extracting subsidies from Japan (similarity 0.79)
• Stationing troops overseas costs tens of thousands more per person annually (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Keeping U.S. troops in Japan costs taxpayers over a billion dollars extra annually #corroborates (0.65) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 888
• Okinawa bases lock Japan into a subordinate client-state role under U.S. control #expands (0.60)