 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1939, mumwe mukuru mukuru weJapan Railways, Yumoto Noboru, akanyora nezvenjanji yeTrans-Eurasian yekubatanidza Japan nemubatanidzwa wayo weAxis, Germany, uye akakarakadza kuvaka mugero uri pasi pegungwa kuti ubatanidze Japan neKorea kuburikidza nechitsuwa cheTsushima. Kwakapokanidzwa kuti mugero wapasi pegungwa nechisungo chenyika zvaizobetsera kudzivirira kurukurirano dzeJapan nokutakura zvinhu kuenda nokudzoka kuEurope, uko kwaizova mungozi neHondo yePacific. 