Honestly though, Japan is under the NATO umbrella by the USA. If China or Russia attacked Japan, that the same as attacking the USA and thus invokes Article 5.
Article 5
The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.
Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security .
No.
Source: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_17120.htm
Huge amount of forces of the USA are stationed in Japan, so yes Article 5 if they do get attacked.
Last I checked Japan was in a different ocean
Good thing that the proposal is not for Japan to join NATO then. The proposal is to have a place to discuss matters that concern the security of of both Japan and NATO countries.
Guess I should probably start actually reading the articles then
“Nato [stands for] north Atlantic, and both article V and article VI [in its statutes] clearly limit the scope to north Atlantic,” a French official, who asked not to be named, said on Tuesday.
Actually, it is what they said
Despite calls for Nato to work more closely with allies in north-east Asia, France is apparently reluctant to support anything that fuels tensions between the alliance and China.
Of course, it is because France does not want a conflict with China
Same as turkey.
Not France… Macron is, not France.
