Presence which money of a U.S. Forces base shows to local

Presence which money of a U.S. Forces base shows to local - Asahi Shimbun Kanagawa version November 25, 2008 via kwout

Nuclear aircraft carrier George Washington (GW) arranged in U.S. Navy Yokosuka Base in September returned to port on November 21. Presence with a big economic effect by thousands of crew or families is likely to be shown in Yokosuka with a base.
A restaurant district is in front of a base. There is a poster of "Welcome GW" in the wall and window of a store. The passage which was sparse was crowded, so that it was buried with young soldiers and he could not walk straightly the night when GW returned to port.
Energy is always full also of the master (62 years old) of the bar which seems to be free for dealing with an order. If an aircraft carrier enters into port, it will be said that visitors increase in number at least 3 times every day.
"The relation between the US Navy and the Yokosuka economic world is the world's No.1. It is although there is probably an objection from the navy town of a U.S. mainland." The James Kelly US Navy commander in Japan presented one sheet of paper entitled "the economic impact to Yokosuka by the US Navy base." According to it, it is that about 583,300,000 dollars flowed into local economy in one year in October, 2006 - September, 2007. If it carries out based on the average exchange rate in 2007, it is equivalent to about 68,800 million yen.
Does it account for how much rate of 68,800 million yen for local economy? The dependence to the "base money" of a city economic activity will only be about 2.5%.
On the other hand, the degree of attention to the base of the area is increasing. Nobuyuki Taguchi who is an edit issuer of a "construction financial press company" says, "With construction relations, while order of public-works or a major company is decreasing, the presence of the U.S. Forces which always issue a fixed quantity of work is increasing in the past several years." The Yokosuka chamber of commerce has regarded the U.S. base as "the partner of new local jobs" in recent years. The person in charge has a hope, "if gaps, such as English, a bid, business practice, are buried, a business opportunity should spread."
On the other hand, the income to the city by a base existing is the money delivered from a country. The amount of a grant in the 2007 fiscal year is about 2,100 million yen, and hits 1.6% of the whole general account budget.
About the validity of this amount of a subsidy, arguments have been exchanged during many years.
Although the city was also doing periodically the original trial calculation "10 billion yen of tax revenues will increase if there is no base", it stopped about ten years ago. It is said that it was opposed by the member of a city council, "Does this reliance by which a company comes dully exist? It is independence of a number."
A certain city management says, "For a city, a base is a certain thing from the first, and if wished, it will not be lost, either. It is meaningless even if it investigates economical value this way and that about a "precondition"."

[ Presence which money of a U.S. Forces base shows to local - Asahi Shimbun Kanagawa version November 25, 2008 ]