NHK has learned that the United States has asked Japan to provide more than 3 trillion yen, or about 18.8 billion dollars, over five years to host US forces stationed in Japan. The requested amount is almost triple the current spending level.

Regarding the latest requests from the US side, the Japanese government has indicated that it is open to considering an additional contribution.But it says it cannot accept an excessive increase in its burden.

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[–] 44 points 16 hours ago (11 children)

Why are countries paying to host USA?

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  • [–] 6 points 16 hours ago* (4 children)

    yes the pinnacle of diplomacy: mutually assured destruction.

    brought to you by some random violent ape species on some random planet in a middle of no where galaxy thats going to create some 'super intelligence' the rest of the universe has just been DYIING to get it hands on. After GTA6 ofc....

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

    It's not in middle of nowhere, I found a very cool comment right above this post

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  • [–] 1 point 4 hours ago* (2 children)

    i mean, thread you linked to is titled 'Voyager Has Proven ... We really do live in the Boonies'

    my point is humans think they are the centre of the universe (usually the religious ones), we are not even close to the centre of the galaxy let alone the universe.

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  • [–] 17 points 12 hours ago

    It was the deal after world wat 2. USA protects from Russia and we buy USA goods and services, especially financial services. It's in essence still a classic imperialism and tribute system. Until USA got greedy and started siding with Russia.

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