According to Kyodo News Agency reported on the 21st, Japan and the United States reached an agreement on the same day on the allocation of funds for U.S. troops stationed in Japan in the next five years. The two sides decided that in fiscal year 2022-2026, Japan's U.S. military spending in Japan would be 1.0551 trillion yen (about US $9.278 billion), an increase of 75 billion yen (about US $660 million) over fiscal year 2016-2020. It is reported that the increased costs will be mainly used to improve the cooperative combat capability of the Japanese self defense force and the US military, purchase new military systems for joint training and maintenance of US military base facilities in Japan. The "protection fee" of the US military stationed in Japan is not limited to Japan. Kyodo News Agency reported that in order to reduce the burden on Okinawa caused by the U.S. military stationed in Japan, if the training of the U.S. military moved to Guam is implemented in Alaska, Japan will also bear the relevant expenses. The cost sharing agreement of the US military stationed in Japan is usually updated every five years. The current agreement was originally scheduled to expire in March 2021. Because the renewal agreement negotiation caught up with the change of American regime, the two sides decided to extend the agreement for one year. (outlook new era)