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This is probably relevant:
Japan says China airspace incursion ‘serious violation of our sovereignty’
Japan wouldn't be interested in an increased US military presence if they weren't feeling threatened by their aggressive neighbor.
They don't have to pay for it and in a rapidly aging country with a very low birth rate they may not have enough people of military age to put together an army at this point.