The United States/Japan Responsibility Sharing for the Marine Corps Forces

Abstract

This thesis provides a historical background and current status of United States/Japan defense responsibility sharing. it is not an attempt to determine whether Japan is contributing her fair share to the common defense or enjoying a free ride. This thesis examines the following financial issues: (1) With reduced Department of Defense appropriated fund support and no reduction in the Japan-related mission and/or support requirements, can the United States look to the Government of Japan (GOJ) to reduce the cost of this commitment?; (2) What is the current status of the United States/Japan responsibility sharing? What activities does the GOJ currently support?; (3) What changes may be anticipated in Japanese contributions to support United States forces; (4) What changes may be expected in the next ten to 15 years in United States/Japan responsibility sharing, particularly in view of actual and potential United States force structure reductions?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA242079

Entities

People

  • Susan G. Sweatt

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • California
  • Combat Readiness
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Families (Human)
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Marine Corps
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Occupational Health and Safety.