The United States hasn't paid the rent for its embassy in Tokyo since 1998, according to a government document released by the Cabinet on Friday.
The document was produced in response to questions submitted by Social Democratic Party lawmaker Kantoku Teruya of the House of Representatives on Sept. 21.
Japan and the United States met to negotiate rent prices in 1974, 1983 and 1998, but failed to agree on a new contract in 1998, the paper said.