 Zvisinei, mukupera kwema1930, mukurumbira weKwantung Army wakashorwa zvakanyanya panguva yekunetsana kwemuganhu weSoviet neJapan uko Japan yakanga yarwa neSoviet Union kuchamhembe kweManchukuo kubvira muna 1932. Mauto eJapane akasangana neSoviet Union Red Army muHondo yeLake Khasanmuna 1938, ndokurasikirwa neHondo inokosha yeNomonhan muna 1939, panguva iyo yakaramba ichirasikirwa zvikuru. Mushure me Nomonhan chiitiko, Hondo yeKwantung yakacheneswa kubva kune avo vasingateereri, pamwe nevatsigiri ve Hokushin-ron Northward Advance dzidziso iyo yakakurudzira kuti Japan iise pfungwa dzayo dzekuwedzera kuSiberia panzvimbo yekumaodzanyemba yakananga kuChina neSoutheast Asia. 