 Panguva yekurwiswa kwePearl Harbor, Harusame yakapiwa Destroyer Division 2 yeDestroyer Squadron 4 yeIJN 2nd Fleet, uye yakanga yabuda kubva kuMako Guard District sechikamu chePhilippine invasion force, ichifukidza kumhara kuVigan neLingayen Gulf. Kubvira muna January 1942, Harusame yakabatanidzwa mumabasa muOperation J. kupinda kweNetherlands East Indies, kusanganisira kupinda kweTarakan Island, Balikpapan uye kumabvazuva kweJava. Mukati meHondo yeGungwa reJava, Harusame yakarwa neboka revanoparadza vakabatana. Muna March naApril, Harusame yakanga yakavakirwa paSubic Bay, kubva kwaakabatsira mukupinda kweCebu uye kuvharirwa kweManila Bay muPhilippines. Muna May, akadzokera kuYokosuka Naval Arsenal kunogadziriswa. 