>>World - AP Asia U.S. Pushing Japan to Boost Military Role
Sat Apr 9, 5:08 AM ET World - AP Asia By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - In the most sweeping re-examination of the U.S.-Japan security alliance in years, Japan and the United States are negotiating a military realignment that could move some or all of the nearly 20,000 Marines off the crowded island of Okinawa, close underused bases and meld an Army command in Washington state with a camp just south of Tokyo. >>end of excerpt
The troops and materiel the US has in Japan has global reach because of a huge air base and a huge naval base. It's also cheaper to deploy there than in, for example, the US, not just because of forward positioning but because Japan pays over 5 billion in cash to the US for doing so. No doubt Japan will be asked to pay more.
Also, the gyrines on Okinawa helped level Fallujah. That camp they would be moved to would have to be Camp Zama or the JSDF counterpart nearby, also at the base of Mt. Fuji. Perhaps the JSDF will just give up a camp so the gyrines can do artillery shoots there (it's one of the few places in Honshu where you could do it, though Honshu is less crowded than Okinawa Honto).
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