PROTOCOLAMENDING THE AGREEMENTBETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPANAND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RELOCATIONOF III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE PERSONNEL
AND THEIR DEPENDENTS FROM OKINAWA TO GUAMPROTOCOLAMENDING THE AGREEMENTBETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPANAND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RELOCATIONOF III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE PERSONNELAND THEIR DEPENDENTS FROM OKINAWA TO GUAMThe Government of Japan and the Government of theUnited States of America,
Recalling the Joint Statement of Japan-the UnitedStates Security Consultative Committee, dated April 27,
2012, which announced, inter alia, that the two governments
are to consult regarding further actions to be taken inlight of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and
the Government of the United States of America Concerning
the Implementation of the Relocation of III Marine
Expeditionary Force Personnel and Their Dependents from
Okinawa to Guam, signed at Tokyo on February 17, 2009
(hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”),
Desiring to amend the Agreement,
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
The fifth to ninth paragraphs of the preamble of theAgreement shall be deleted, and the following six
paragraphs shall be inserted immediately after the fourthparagraph:“Recalling that Japan-the United States Security
Consultative Committee decided to adjust the plansoutlined in the Roadmap and, as part of theadjustments, decided to delink both the relocation of
the III Marine Expeditionary Force (hereinafterreferred to as “III MEF”) personnel from Okinawa to
Guam and resulting land returns south of Kadena Air
Base from progress on the Futenma Replacement
Facility, in its Joint Statement dated April 27, 2012
(hereinafter referred to as “the Joint Statement”),
Recognizing that the Joint Statement confirmedthat a total of approximately 9,000 personnel of III
MEF, along with their dependents, are to be relocatedfrom Okinawa to locations outside of Japan,- 1 -Reaffirming that the Joint Statement confirmed
that, of the preliminarily estimated eight billion,
six hundred million United States dollars($8,600,000,000) (in U.S. Fiscal Year 2012 dollars)cost of the facilities and infrastructure development
costs for the III MEF relocation to Guam, Japan is toprovide up to the amount of two billion, eight hundredmillion United States dollars ($2,800,000,000) (inU.S. Fiscal Year 2008 dollars) (equivalent to threebillion, one hundred twenty-one million, eight hundred
eighty-seven thousand, eight hundred fifty-five UnitedStates dollars ($3,121,887,855) in U.S. Fiscal Year2012 dollars) in direct cash contributions, to develop
facilities and infrastructure in Guam and theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to enable
the III MEF relocation, recognizing the strong desireof Okinawa residents that such force relocation becompleted as soon as possible,
Reaffirming further that the Joint Statement
confirmed that the United States is to fund theremaining costs and any additional costs for the III
MEF relocation to Guam,
Recalling that the Joint Statement announced thatthe two Governments are to consider cooperation indeveloping training areas in Guam and the Commonwealthof the Northern Mariana Islands as shared-use
facilities by the Japan Self-Defense Forces and UnitedStates forces,
Recalling that, under the plans outlined in theRoadmap as adjusted, the Joint Statement, and theConsolidation Plan for Facilities and Areas in Okinawa
published in April, 2013, a part of the consolidationand land returns south of Kadena depends on therelocation of III MEF personnel and dependents fromOkinawa, and the III MEF relocation from Okinawa toGuam is dependent on Japan’s direct cash contributions
to fund development of required facilities andinfrastructure as well as necessary measures by theGovernment of the United States of America,”
Article 2The phrase “approximately 8,000 III MEF personnel andtheir approximately 9,000 dependents” in paragraph 1. ofArticle 1 of the Agreement shall be replaced by the phrase“the III MEF personnel and their dependents”.

- 2 -Article 3
The phrase “facilities and infrastructure on Guam” inArticle 2 of the Agreement shall be replaced by the phrase“facilities and infrastructure in Guam and the Commonwealthof the Northern Mariana Islands”.
Article 4
Article 3 of the Agreement shall be deleted.
Article 5
The phrase “facilities and infrastructure on Guam” inArticle 4 of the Agreement shall be replaced by the phrase“facilities and infrastructure in Guam and the Commonwealthof the Northern Mariana Islands”, and the following
sentence shall be inserted at the end of Article 4 of theAgreement:“Such facilities may include training areas in Guamand the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”
Article 6
Article 4 of the Agreement shall be renumbered as
Article 3, and the following Article shall be inserted
immediately after renumbered Article 3:“Article 4
The Government of the United States of America,
with the intent to provide reasonable access, shallfavorably consider requests by the Government of Japan
to use training areas in Guam and the Commonwealth ofthe Northern Mariana Islands, including those whose
development has been funded with Japanese cash
contributions and their accrued interest.”
Article 7
Paragraph 2. of Article 9 of the Agreement shall bedeleted and replaced by the following:“2.
United States’ measures referred to in Article 2of this Agreement shall be subject to the availabilityof funds for the Relocation, which may include (1)United States funds and (2) Japanese cash
contributions referred to in paragraph 1. of Article 1of this Agreement.”- 3 -Article 8It is confirmed that the Agreement as amended by thisProtocol applies to cash contributions made either before
or after the entry into force of this Protocol by theGovernment of Japan in accordance with paragraph 1. ofArticle 1 of the Agreement, their accrued interest, and theprojects funded by the cash contributions.
Article 9This Protocol shall be approved by Japan and theUnited States of America in accordance with theirrespective internal legal procedures. This Protocol shallenter into force on the date when diplomatic notes
indicating such approval are exchanged and shall remain inforce for the period of the Agreement.
In witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorized
for the purpose, have signed the present Protocol.
DONE in duplicate, at Tokyo, in the Japanese andEnglish languages, both equally authentic, this third dayof October, 2013.

For the Government ofJapan:

For the Government ofthe United States of America:
John F. Kerry
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