 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Japan yakatanga kurwisa kwakawanda muEast Asia. Muna 1937, Mauto eJapane akapinda uye akatora mazhinji emaguta aiva pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa eChina akadai seShanghai. Musi wa22 September 1940, kupinda kweJapan muFrench Indochinarakatanga. Japan yakatora French Indochina Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, British Malaya Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore pamwe chete neDutch East Indies Indonesia. Thailand yakakwanisa kuramba yakazvimiririra nokuva nyika yeJapan. Musi waApril 13, 1941, Soviet-Japan Neutrality Pact yakasainwa. Muna December 1941 kusvika kuna May 1942, Japan yakanyudza zvinhu zvikuru zvengarava dzeAmerica, dzeBritain neDutch, yakatora Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines neDutch East Indies, uye yakasvika kumiganhu yeIndia neAustralia. Japan yakanga yawana pakarepo nharidzano yayo yokutonga Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. 