AGREEMENT BETWEENJAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONCERNING NEW SPECIAL MEASURES RELATING TOARTICLE XXIV OF THE AGREEMENTUNDER ARTICLE VI OF THE TREATY OF
MUTUAL COOPERATION AND SECURITY
BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,REGARDING FACILITIES AND AREAS ANDTHE STATUS OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN JAPANAGREEMENT BETWEENJAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONCERNING NEW SPECIAL MEASURES RELATING TOARTICLE XXIV OF THE AGREEMENTUNDER ARTICLE VI OF THE TREATY OFMUTUAL COOPERATION AND SECURITYBETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,REGARDING FACILITIES AND AREAS AND
THE STATUS OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN JAPANJapan and the United States of America:
Confirming that the United States armed forces
maintained in Japan under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperationand Security between Japan and the United States of America(hereinafter referred to as “the Treaty”) and the Agreement
under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation andSecurity between Japan and the United States of America,
Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of UnitedStates Armed Forces in Japan (hereinafter referred to as“the Status of Forces Agreement”), both signed atWashington on January 19, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as“the United States armed forces”), contribute to thesecurity of Japan and the maintenance of international
peace and security in the Far East;
Recalling that, for the purposes of maintaining stable
employment of the workers who are employed by Japan andrender labor services to the United States armed forces orto the organizations provided for in paragraph 1.(a) ofArticle XV of the Status of Forces Agreement (hereinafterreferred to as “the workers”) and ensuring the effective
operations of the United States armed forces, various
measures were provided for, inter alia, special measuresrelating to Article XXIV of the Status of Forces Agreement,
which sets forth the principles on the sharing ofexpenditures incident to the maintenance of the UnitedStates armed forces in the Agreement between Japan and theUnited States of America concerning New Special Measuresrelating to Article XXIV of the Agreement under Article VIof the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between
Japan and the United States of America, Regarding
Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed
Forces in Japan, signed at Tokyo on January 21, 2011;
Noting situations involving both countries;

1Recognizing that, for the purpose of ensuring theeffective operations of the United States armed forces, itis necessary to take new special measures relating toArticle XXIV of the Status of Forces Agreement;
Have agreed as follows:
Article IJapan will bear, during the Japanese fiscal years 2016
through 2020, all or a part of the expenditures in paying
the following wages to the workers:(a)base pay, daily wage of daily employees, special
term employees salary, hourly pay temporary
employees hourly pay, and theater personnel wage;(b)

regional allowance, discharge allowance, family
allowance, remote area allowance, special workallowance, summer allowance, year-end allowance,cold-area allowance, retirement allowance
including retirement allowances for workers
separated by the United States armed forces or by
the organizations provided for in paragraph 1.(a)of Article XV of the Status of Forces Agreement
through reduction in force and for workers whose
employment is terminated for duty-connecteddisability or death due to duty-connected injury
or illness, involuntary severance bonus for
employees affected by reduction in force, prorata bonus for employees affected by reduction inforce, commutation allowance, conversion
allowance, position conversion allowance, night
duty allowance, housing allowance, unaccompanied
duty allowance, wide-area transfer allowance,
overtime pay, hourly pay temporary employees
premium pay, holiday pay, night differential,
non-work allowance, and daily pay authorized for
duty-connected illness or injury for hourly pay
temporary employees; and(c)allowance for lump sum payment to mariners forunexecuted annual leave, dangerous cargoallowance, engagement allowance, engine room
allowance, engine work allowance, fire-fighting
allowance, foreign ship bonus, foreign voyage
allowance, labor allowance, reporting allowance,
small vessel allowance, tanker allowance, towage
allowance, and master and chief engineer
allowance.

2Article II
Japan will bear, during the Japanese fiscal years 2016
through 2020, all or a part of the expenditures in paying
costs of the following procured for official purposes inJapan by the United States armed forces, or by authorized
procurement agencies of the United States armed forces upon
appropriate certification:(a)electricity, gas, water supply, and sewerage frompublic utilities; and(b)fuels for heating, cooking, and hot water supply
not included in (a) above.
Article III

With regard to training that the United States armed
forces conduct using any specific facilities and areas
among those facilities and areas the use of which is
granted to the United States of America under Article VI of
the Treaty (hereinafter referred to as “facilities andareas”), in cases where the United States of America, upona request of the Government of Japan made at the Joint
Committee provided for in paragraph 1. of Article XXV ofthe Status of Forces Agreement (hereinafter referred to as“the Joint Committee”), changes to the use of otherfacilities and areas or in cases where the United States ofAmerica, upon a request of the Government of Japan made at
the Joint Committee as considered appropriate by theGovernment of Japan, changes to the use of places fortraining of armed forces of the United States of America interritory under the administration of the United States ofAmerica, instead of using the said specific facilities andareas for all or a part of the said training, Japan willbear all or a part of the additional expenditures incident
to such changes, provided that the Government of Japan, on
making the above-mentioned request, notifies the Governmentof the United States of America that Japan will bear
expenditures in accordance with the provisions of thisArticle.
Article IV
The United States of America will make further efforts
to economize the expenditures referred to in Article I,
Article II, and Article III.

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Article V
Japan will determine, for each Japanese fiscal year,
the actual amount of the expenditures that Japan will bear
under Article I, Article II, and Article III respectivelyand will promptly notify the United States of America ofsuch determination.
Article VI
Japan and the United States of America may consult on
all matters regarding the implementation of this Agreement
through the Joint Committee.
Article VII
This Agreement shall be approved by Japan and theUnited States of America in accordance with theirrespective internal legal procedures. This Agreement shallenter into force on the date when diplomatic notes
indicating such approval are exchanged, and shall remain inforce through March 31, 2021.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized
for the purpose, have signed the present Agreement.
DONE in duplicate at Tokyo in the Japanese and English
languages, both equally authentic, this twenty-second dayof January, 2016.

FOR JAPAN:

FOR THE UNITED STATESOF AMERICA:

岸田文雄

Caroline Kennedy

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