Publisher's Synopsis
How should resources be reallocated in response to future changes in the missions assigned to U.S. military units in Japan? Each year, the Government of Japan contributes to the cost of employing Japanese nationals working in support of U.S. military forces based in Japan. In the latest Japanese fiscal year, this so-called Labor Cost Sharing (LCS) support amounted to $1.35 billion. With so much money at stake, the formula by which LCS resources are allocated among the four service components that make up U.S. Forces, Japan (USFJ) is, not surprisingly, a matter of some controversy. This book examines how LCS resources might be reallocated in response to future changes in missions assigned to U.S. military units based in Japan and possible alternative allocation schemes. The RAND research team found that the USFJ does not currently face a pressing need to reallocate LCS resources. Nevertheless, the team found it would be prudent to lay the groundwork now for future major reallocations of LCS resources. Among the options proposed in this book is a novel scheme for "auctioning" LCS resources to the service components.
