 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1937, Tōgō akagadzwa kuva mumiriri weJapan kuGermany, achishanda muBerlin kwegore. Pashure pokunge Tōgō atsiviwa somumiriri kuGermany naHiroshi Ōshima, akatumirwa kuMoscow somumiriri kuSoviet Union 19381940. Munguva iyi, akaita hurukuro dzerunyararo zvichitevera Hondo dzeKhalkhin Golpakati peJapan neSoviet Union, uye vakabudirira kupedzisa Soviet-Japan Neutrality Pact muna April 1941. Akabva adzorerwa kuJapan naMinister weZvekunze Yōsuke Matsuoka kuti apiwe rimwe basa. 