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Disgraced former economy minister Isshu Sugawara said he will return a summer bonus that opposition

Host nation support by Japan helped pay for this U.S. military housing complex in Nagasaki Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Japan has temporarily landed a cheaper deal to host U.S. forces with U.S. President Joe Bidens new administration after sweating out years of Donald Trumps demands that it pay more to do so. The central government announced on Feb. 17 that Japan and the United States have agreed to an unusual 1-year extension of host nation support (HNS) for U.S. military personnel ...