 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muma1930, kuDzvinyirira Kukuru Kwenyika kwakaparadza upfumi hweJapan uye kwakapa masimba akasimba mukati meuto reJapan mukana wokuzadzisa vavariro dzavo dzokukunda Asia yose. Muna 1931, Mauto eKwantung mauto echiJapan aiva kuManzhuria akaita chiitiko cheMukden, icho chakaita kuti vanhu vapinde muManzhuria ndokuchinja nyika yacho kuti ive nyika yechiJapan yainzi Manchukuo. Makore matanhatu gare gare, Chiitiko cheMarco Polo Bridge kunze kweBeijing chakaparira Hondo Yechipiri yeChina neJapan 19371945. Mauto eJapane akapinda muChina, achikunda Beijing, Shanghai, uye guta guru renyika reNanking; kukunda kwokupedzisira kwakateverwa neNanking Massacre. Muna 1940, Japan yakapinda mubatanidzwaneGermany yeNazi neItaly yeFascist, nyika mbiri dzakafanana dzechiuto muEurope, uye dzakabuda muChina ndokupinda muSoutheast Asia. Ikoku kwakatungamirira kukupindira kweUnited States, iyo yakaisa kurambidzwa kwezvose zvinotengeswa namafuta kuJapan. Chibvumirano chacho pakupedzisira chakakurumidzisa Kurwiswa kwePearl Harbor nokupinda kweU.S. muHondo yeNyika II. 