THE DAILY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA) RATES
1998 - UPDATED WITH YEN CHANGE
This has got to be one of the coolest sites to check out.  I am dedicating a entire page to this link to ensure you have ease of use when accessing it.
BY CLICKING THE BELOW LINK:
 
OHA RATES FOR OKINAWA JAPAN
Once you have entered this site, you must enter a "location code", which is:
JA027

Enter your rank and select "yes" or "no" depending on your dependent status and click the "START OHA QUERY" and bingo bango, you will see what your current OHA rates will be once on Okinawa.  If you are already on Okinawa, you can easily keep up with the OHA changes when ever you want.

 BY CLICKING THE BELOW LINK:
 
THE FAQ FOR 
OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA)
The following examples are the most common housing allowance entitlement situations.
 
 EXAMPLE USING 135 YEN TO THE DOLLAR
 
ACCOMPANIED TOUR/COMMAND
SPONSORED DEPENDENTS HERE
UNACCOMPANIED TOUR/NON-COMMAND
SPONSORED DEPENDENTS HERE
DIVIDE RENT BY:                                                     Y  135 
ADD UTILITY ALLOWNCE:                                    $275.00 
SUBSTRACT WITH DEPENDENT BAQ:                 ???????? 
                                                                                    = OHA ENTITLEMENT		 DIVIDE RENT BY:                                                    Y  135 
ADD 75% UTILITY ALLOWANCE:                         $206.25 
SUBSTRACT WITH DEPENDENT BAQ:                 ???????? 
                                                                                    = OHA ENTITLEMENT
UNACCOMPANIED
TOUR/NO DEPENDENTS
ACCOMPANIED 
TOUR/DEPENDENTS HAVE NOT ARRIVED
DIVIDE RENT BY:                                                    Y  135 
ADD 75% UTILITY ALLOWANCE:                         $206.25 
SUBSTRACT WITHOUT DEPENDENT BAQ:         ???????? 
                                                                                    = OHA ENTITLEMENT		 DIVIDE RENT BY:                                                    Y  135 
ADD 75% UTILITY ALLOWANCE:                         $206.25 
SUBSTRACT WITHOUT DEPENDENT BAQ:         ???????? 
                                                                                    = OHA ENTITLEMENT
MEMBER MARRIED
TO MEMBER (OTHER U.S. MILITARY)
ACCOMPANIED TOUR/NON-CONCURRENT
TRAVEL OF DEPENDENTS
DIVIDE RENT IN HALF:                                           ???????? 
THEN DEVIDE RENT BY:                                         Y  135 
ADD 50% UTILITY ALLOWANCE:                          $137.50 
SUBSTRACT WITH OR W/O DEPENDENT BAQ:   ???????? 
                                                                                     = OHA ENTITLEMENT		 DIVIDE RENT BY:                                                     Y  135 
ADD UTILITY ALLOWNCE:                                    $275.00 
SUBSTRACT WITH DEPENDENT BAQ:                 ???????? 
                                                                                    = OHA ENTITLEMENT 
 
 

If  you have an interest in checking out the entire site where the OHA/COLA information came from, then select the below link.
 
 THE PER DIEM COMMITTEE
This above link will give you some very helpful scoop on Per Diem around the globe, the complete Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) (Volumn 1 and 2); hotel information and generally great stuff.
 
QUICK LINK
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