hard to accept How about you, nuts? The U.S. has asked Japan to contribute more than 3 trillion yen ($18.8 billion) over five years to host U.S. military forces, nearly three times the current arrangement, according to Nikkei.

hard to accept How about you, nuts? The U.S. has asked Japan to contribute more than 3 trillion yen ($18.8 billion) over five years to host U.S. military forces, nearly three times the current arrangement, according to Nikkei.

▫ Japanese diplomatic sources described the demand reported in Washington as difficult to accept, although no government has officially confirmed the proposed figures.