 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna 1930 kusvika muna 1933, saLieutenant General, Tamon akatungamirira IJA 2nd Division. Muna 1931, boka racho rakava pasi pehutongi hweKwantung Army muManchuria, uye rakatungamira mukutanga kwekupinda kweManchuria, ipapo mu Jiangqiao Campaign, Chinchow Operation, uye mukukunda kudzivirirwa kweHarbin, zvichitevera Chiitiko cheMukden. Munguva yekubvunzurudzwa nevatori venhau vekumadokero zvichitevera kupedzwa kwakabudirira kwemushandirapamwe, akataura achipesana nekushoropodzwa neLeague of Nations, achiti varume veEuropean vaive vasingazive nezve kudiwa kwekudzorera runyararo uye kurongeka muManchuria. 