Here's What It Costs to Keep US Troops in Japan and South Korea
23 Mar 2021
Military.com | By Stephen Losey
The United States spent more than $34 billion to maintain military presences in Japan and South Korea between 2016 and 2019, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released March 17.
The two allies combined provided more than $18 billion in financial support for the U.S. military presence there over that four-year period, GAO said in the report, "Burden Sharing: Benefits and Costs Associated with the U.S. Military Presence in Japan and South Korea."
During his presidency, former President Trump frequently castigated allies such as NATO nations, South Korea and Japan for not paying their "fair share" of the cost to maintain an American military presence abroad. In 2019, for example, the Trump administration asked Tokyo to roughly quadruple the amount it contributed to the costs of maintaining U.S. troops in Japan.
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