Japan and the United States will sign a new pact next week in Washington allowing Japanese officials to enter U.S. military bases to conduct environment surveys in specific instances, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday.
Kishida told a news conference he would sign the accord next week with U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
The agreement, which will cover all municipalities hosting U.S. bases in Japan, is part of what the central government sees as measures to ease the burden municipalities bear in hosting the bases.