Commentary The United States and Japan will soon restart negotiations over “host nation support.” That’s the money Japan pays to cover part of the costs of basing U.S. forces in Japan. If a recent Kyodo News article is correct, the Biden administration plans to ask the Japanese to increase from the $1.84 billion Tokyo currently pays. Come again? Increase? Former President Donald Trump was absolutely savaged for asking the Japanese to pay more host nation support. He did demand a quadrupling of the payment—which is what one expected for a New York real estate man’s opening offer. The Japanese were irked, not just because of the huge amount but because they reckon they already have paid too much. And Trump’s domestic antagonists damned him (for the umpteenth time) as an unspeakable “transactionalist”—apparently having the nerve to insist America’s partners give something in return for American assistance. Now Team Biden is …