 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa18 Ndira 1942, Simba Guru raKondō rakasvika muPalau pamwe chete nevatakuri vaviri vanokurumidza, nechinangwa chekufukidza kupindirwa kweJapan kweBorneo neDutch East Indies. Haruna,, uye vatakuri vemapoka uye vakashanda kumabvazuva kweMindanao kusvikira musi waFebruary 18, 1942, apo Mutumbi Mukuru wakabva kuPalau mukugadzirira Operation J, kupindirwa kweJapan kweDutch East Indies. Musi waFebruary 25, Third Battleship Division yakapa chifukidziro chekurwisa kwemhepo paJava. Haruna yakarova Christmas Islandmusi wa 7 Kurume 1942, ndokuzodzokera kuStaring-baai kwemazuva gumi nemashanu ekugadzirisa uye kuzorora. Muna April 1942, Haruna akabatana nezvikepe zvishanu zvinotakura zvikepe pakurwisa Colombo muCeylon. Pashure pokuparadzwa kweHaruna musi wa 5 April 1942, Haruna yakatumirwa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kuti iwane zvakasara zveBritish Eastern Fleet, pasi pokutonga kwaAdmiral James Somerville. Musi wa 9 April, imwe yezvikepe zvayo yakaona mutakuri kumaodzanyemba kweTrincomalee; kurwisa kweJapan kunonyudza mutakuri zuva rimwe chetero. Pashure pokuparadza simba rokurwisa reBritish Eastern Fleet, Third Battleship Division yakadzokera kuJapan musi wa 23 April. Haruna yakaiswa muchiteshi chakaoma muna May 1942 kuti igadziriswe uye igadziridzwe. 