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The U.S. and Japan are also in conflict over the issue of forced military purchase and cost sharing of U.S. troops stationed in Japan. Since Abe took office again in 2012, the transformation of Japan's security strategy has been accelerated, and Japan's military purchase from the United States has increased year by year. After Trump took office, he further required Japan to increase its military purchase from the United States, and adopted the policy of linking arms sales with trade. He tried to increase arms sales to "create more jobs" in the United States and reduce Japan's trade surplus with the United States while "becoming more secure". The number of arms deals conducted by the U.S. and Japan in the form of paid-for foreign military assistance (FMS) has skyrocketed, and the U.S. has taken the lead. The United States can unilaterally change the price and delivery time, and the lifetime maintenance of weapons and equipment must be entrusted to the United States. This means that Japan will continue to pay more and more for its future arms purchases from the United States, unable to manage costs and unable to accumulate technology. Taking the standard 3Block 2A, an improved carrier-based interceptor missile that Japan promised to purchase from the US after the US-Japan summit in November 2017, for example, the Japanese Ministry of Defense estimates that the purchase price of the missile will be 16% higher than the initial estimate only during the mass production phase (2017-2024 fiscal year). The explicit US policy of "buying and selling" arms to Japan has sparked a backlash in Japan, where arms sales are accused of being "forced" and priced too high. The Japanese government is concerned about the political consequences of putting the interests of the U.S. military industry ahead of the necessity of Japan's national security and being forced to purchase cutting-edge weapons from the U.S. under pressure. In addition, Since his election campaign, Trump has demanded that the Japanese government fully bear the cost of THE US troops stationed in Japan, accusing Japan of failing to fulfill its responsibilities as an ally. Compared with other US Allies, Japan has the highest proportion and amount of funding for the US military presence. In response to the above request of the Trump administration, Japan responded that "there must be appropriate sharing between Japan and the US" and insisted on the position of not only bearing the full burden. However, under pressure from the United States, Japan paid 789.7 billion yen for the U.S. forces stationed in Japan in 2017, up 25.5 billion yen from the previous year.