At present, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has lasted for more than two months, and this war has aroused great concern in the world, but it should be noted that although the countries that are engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat are Russia and Ukraine, NATO is the real behind-the-scenes.
However, the latter has provoked war in Europe, and plans to extend his black hand to Asia to push the defense line to China's doorstep, so NATO has rarely hooked up with China's two neighbors, Japan and South Korea.
Many experts pointed out that the United States intends to pull the above-mentioned countries into the "group", but in the process of actual operation, this matter has made a lot of mistakes. The media reported on April 28 that US Secretary of State Blinken praised Japan when he attended the Senate hearing and revealed a heavy message.
He said that Japan has done a very good job in the face of the Ukraine crisis, and stressed that although Japan is not a member of NATO, it has long maintained close cooperation with NATO and is a trustworthy partner.
Subsequently, Blinken announced that Japan would attend the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain, in June, when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would be present. But surprisingly, after receiving the news, Japan was not very happy but appeared quite surprised and dissatisfied.
Its Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshi Matsuno responded quickly, claiming that Japan has not yet made any decision on this, and a Japanese government insider complained in an interview with Japanese media that Blinken's relevant remarks, which were not fully coordinated and communicated with the Japanese side in advance, were very abrupt statements.
So why is the Kishida government unusually nervous about attending a NATO summit? The Nikkan Hyundai gives its own interpretation, which believes that the US move is equivalent to forcing Japan to "participate in the war", so the attitude of the Japanese side will appear extremely cautious, and they are obviously not ready.
Relations between Russia and NATO are currently highly strained, and Moscow recently warned Western countries that if they supply Ukraine with weapons again, it will lead to unpredictable consequences.
Subsequently, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov reminded that the international community cannot ignore the possibility of the outbreak of three wars. Combined with the nuclear war rhetoric that has circulated from time to time during this period, not to mention Japan, I am afraid that few countries dare to easily wade through this muddy water, because if you are not careful, you will ignite the fire.
Once Japan is invited by Washington to attend the NATO summit, it is very likely that Russia will be regarded as one of the NATO members, and the risks will also rise exponentially.
In addition, although NATO did not directly break out a military conflict with Russia, the former's various actions were almost the same as participating in the war, except for sending soldiers into the country, NATO can basically do everything. Returning to The previous remarks of Blinken, he ostensibly praised Japan for performing well, but in fact implied that Japan had not done enough, otherwise it would not have put their army behind their backs.
Japan's participation in sanctions against Russia and its assistance to Ukraine is true, but it is far from the goals set by the Biden administration, such as japan's failure to provide offensive weapons to Ukraine.
The so-called sanctions are also mostly perfunctory, and they have not hit Russia's sore spots at all, and Japan's reluctance to implement Washington's ban on The purchase of Russian energy has also made the United States very thoughtful.
So, since Japan wasn't proactive enough, the Biden administration took the initiative to pull them along, even though it was probably a fire pit. It is worth mentioning that Moscow is also very angry at Japan's recent small actions and has been looking for opportunities to deal it a heavy blow.
If Kishida does attend the summit in June, Moscow could take advantage of that opportunity. To know that Japan is close to Russia, in theory, Putin has countless ways to make Japan pay the price, as to whether it will use military means, no one can guarantee it now, in short, Japan's current situation is very dangerous.