 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Manchuria, nyika yekare yemhuri yeQing, yakanga iine chimiro chisina kujeka pashure pa 1912. Raitungamirirwa navatungamiriri vehondo vomunzvimbomo. Mauto eJapane akatora udzori muna 1931, uye akagadza nyika yechidhori yeManchukuo muna 1932 nokuda kwavagari vane 34 000 000. Dzimwe nzvimbo dzakawedzerwa, uye vaJapan vanopfuura 800 000 vakatamira imomo savatariri. Mutongi womuzita akanga ari Puyi, uyo somwana muduku akanga ave ari Mambo wokupedzisira weChina. Akadzingwa panguva yechimurenga cha1911, uye zvino vaJapan vakamudzosa mumutambo usina simba. Nyika dzeAxis chete ndidzo dzakaziva Manchukuo. United States muna 1932 yakazivisa Stimson Doctrine ichitaura kuti yaisazomboziva uchangamire hweJapan. Japan yakavandudza upfumi hwayo ndokushandisa iyoyi semasatellite kuupfumi hweJapan. Yakanga isingasvikwi nebhomba reAmerica, naizvozvo mafekitari ayo akapfuurira kugadzira kusvikira kumugumo. Manchukuo yakadzorerwa kuChina muna 1945. 