Originally Posted by
Pickles
The Brits seem bad at negotiating a deal. Apparently the US government pays 2.5 million JPY a year as rent for its embassy grounds, 13,000 square meters. Then again, that's the privilege for having invading, taking over, and running the country from 1945 to 1952.
According to the Japanese language version of
Wikipedia, the rent was increased to 7 million JPY p.a. for 1998-2007, 10 million JPY for 2008-2012 and 15 million JPY for 2013-2027. The US government had refused to pay the rent for nearly 10 years until 2007 citing an agreement dating back to 1896.
