On March 25th, 2022 at 10:57 a.m. NBC news recorded Japan has approved 5 more years of American military presence in Japan. Japan will spend about 616 million dollar over the course of the next 5 years on the American military. In the past American's presence in Japan was seen as a sympathetic move in order to stop China from invading Japan. However in the during era, Japan has become a close ally to America. The looming threat of North Korea and the unsaid aggression in China has made several Japanese citizens concerned about what could happen to Japan if the U.S. did not have a military presence. Today in Japan about are 55,000 soldiers covering 75% of the country. For more information please read this link. Retrieve from 3/25/22: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-us-military-host-nation-budget-china-north-korea-russia-threats/
By Jenny Smith
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