The United States commonly pays host nations rather than the reverse.

Evidence

On the other side of the accounting ledger, the OCS also omits cash payments the United States receives from countries such as Japan, Kuwait, and South Korea that help sustain U.S. bases on their territory. Budget documents from 2012 indicate the U.S. government received 889 million in "burden-sharing" payments and 225 million in “host nation support” for the relocation of bases—totaling approximately $1.1 billion paid for the U.S. overseas presence that year. Some countries also provide in-kind contributions of utilities and services rather than cash payments, but such contributions are not income received by the United States, so I have excluded them from these calculations. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 629 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Host countries bear steep financial and social costs from U.S. bases; Host nations paid the U.S. about $1.1 billion in 2012 to sustain bases — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 629; Overseas bases cost more to run than domestic ones despite host-nation support

Related

• Host nations paid the U.S. about $1.1 billion in 2012 to sustain bases (similarity 0.94)
• Host countries bear steep financial and social costs from U.S. bases (similarity 0.90)
• The United States commonly pays host nations rent for bases (similarity 0.89)
• Overseas bases cost more to run than domestic ones despite host-nation support (similarity 0.85)
• Japan covers roughly three-quarters of U.S. basing costs annually (similarity 0.83)
• Overseas basing costs more than domestic basing despite host-nation support (similarity 0.83)
• Taxpayer-funded troop salaries generate economic spillover in host countries. (similarity 0.82)
• US overseas bases cost taxpayers at least $71.8 billion annually (similarity 0.82)
• Host nations pay the US for vacated base infrastructure (similarity 0.82)
• Official Pentagon spending figures on overseas bases are underestimates. (similarity 0.81)
• Independent estimates of overseas base costs exceed official figures tenfold (similarity 0.81)
• Congress excludes all war-funded base costs from official overseas tallies. (similarity 0.81)
• Official overseas base cost figures exclude all war-zone maintenance spending (similarity 0.80)
• Official overseas military cost reports omit hundreds of millions in allied spending (similarity 0.80)
• Official overseas base costs for 2012 totaled 22.7 billion dollars (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Host nations paid the U.S. about $1.1 billion in 2012 to sustain bases #contradicts (0.85) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 629
• Host countries bear steep financial and social costs from U.S. bases #contradicts (0.70)
• Overseas bases cost more to run than domestic ones despite host-nation support #expands (0.50)