<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMbuso WaseJapane wawungumholi wamazwe e-Axis ePacific Theatre. Ezinye izazi zibheka ukuqubuka kweMpi Yesibili YamaShayina NamaJapane, eyaqala lapho iJapane ihlasela iChina ngemuva kweSigameko seMarco Polo Bridge ngo-1937, njengesiqalo sangempela seMpi Yezwe II. Lokhu kungqubuzana kwahlanganiswa nempi yezwe elandela ukuhlasela kweJapane ePearl Harbor ngoDisemba 1941, okwalandela ngokushesha uchungechunge lokuhlaselwa okuhlanganisiwe kwePhilippines, iGuam neWake Island eyayiphethwe yi-US; emakoloni aseBrithani eMalaya, eSingapore naseHong Kong; naseMbusweni waseThailand. Phakathi no-1942 iJapane yaqala ukuhlasela eChina, eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, nasePacific Theatre yempi. Ngasekupheleni kuka - 1942 iJapane yayisizivikela njengoba amaZwe Ahlangene ayeguqula lokho ayekuzuzile ngaphambili. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-athomu eHiroshima naseNagasaki yi-United States, kanye nokumenyezelwa kwempi yiSoviet Union, kwaqinisekisa uhulumeni waseJapane ukuba azinikele ngokungenamibandela ngo-September 2, 1945  <response>: . futhi. Abaholi abaningi bezombangazwe nabezempi baseJapane bagwetshwa ngamacala empi phambi kwenkantolo yaseTokyo nezinye izinkantolo zeZizwe Ezihlangene e - Asia. 