Japan, Us Likely To Agree On Military Cost Sharing
The Japanese and US governments may conclude as early as next week talks on Japan's share of the cost of stationing US forces in the country.
Tokyo and Washington had failed to reach an agreement on the issue while former US President Donald Trump was in office.
Such a deal is usually worked out every five years, and the current accord is set to expire in March.
The two governments will likely agree that the sum provided by Japan in the next fiscal year, which begins in April, will be kept at the current level as a provisional measure, and that they will renegotiate on the amount for the following four years later.
Officials are making final arrangements to hammer out an agreement.
If the talks are completed, Tokyo hopes to sign an agreement by the end of this month and will seek to gain Diet approval for it by the end of March.