Japan OKs unchanged U.S. troop hosting cost for FY 2021

Japan's parliament approved Wednesday an agreement that leaves Tokyo's share of costs to host U.S. forces largely unchanged for fiscal 2021 in an extension of an expiring five-year deal.With the passage of the accord to extend the deal for one year, Japan will shoulder 201.7 billion yen ($1.83 billion) in the year starting next April in so-called host nation support, around the same level as the previous year.The spending covers some of the expenses for the approximately 55,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan.The five-year deal was set to expire on Wednesday and the extension bec…READ FULL ARTICLE