 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kubvira kuma1910, varimi vokuJapan vakanga vava neminda yakawanda uye vachibudisa zvicherwa muJohor nemhaka yeAnglo-Japan Alliance. Pashure peHondo Yenyika I, kurimwa kwegirabha muMalaya kwakanga kuchidzorwa zvikuru nemakambani eJapan. Kutevera kubviswa kwe Rubber Lands Restrictions Enactment muna 1919, Gomu Nanyo Company South Seas Rubber Co. Ltd. yakatanga kurima rabha mukati meJohor. Pakazosvika makore ekuma1920, Ibrahim akanga ava shamwari yaTokugawa Yoshichika, chizvarwa chemhuri yekwaTokugawa vaiva nemadzitateguru aiva vatungamiriri vemauto shōgun muchiJapan vakatonga Japan kubva muzana remakore rechi16 kusvika ku19. MuHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, pakurasikirwa kukuru kwehupenyu muHondo yeMuar muJohor sechikamu cheMalayan Campaign, mauto eImperial Japanese Army IJA nemauto avo emabhasikoro emabhasikoro uye matangi akaenda kuMuar District yazvino Tangkak District musi wa14 Ndira 1942. Pakasvika mauto eJapan, Tokugawa akaperekedza mauto aGeneral Tomoyuki Yamashita uye akagamuchirwa nemufaro naIbrahim pavakasvika Johor Bahru pakupera kwaNdira 1942. Yamashita nevakuru vakuru vake vakazvimisa paimba yaSultan, Istana Bukit Serene, uye chivako cheSecretariat yeHurumende, Sultan Ibrahim Building, kuti varonge kupinda muSingapore. Vamwe vevakuru vakuru vechiJapan vakanga vachinetseka sezvo nzvimbo yeimba yamambo yakavasiya vachiratidzwa kuvaBritish, asi Yamashita aive nechivimbo chekuti maBritish aisazorwisa sezvo Ibrahim aivewo shamwari yevaBritish, izvo zvakaratidza kuve zvechokwadi. 