<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Umambo hweJapan hwaiva mutungamiriri wemasimba eAxis muPacific Theatre. Dzimwe nyanzvi dzinofunga kuti kutanga kweHondo yechipiri yeChina neJapan, iyo yakatanga apo Japan yakapinda muChina pashure pechiitiko cheMarco Polo Bridge muna 1937, ndiko kutanga chaiko kweHondo Yenyika II. Kurwisana uku kwakabatanidzwa nehondo yenyika yose pashure pokurwiswa kweJapan paPearl Harbor muna December 1941, iyo yakakurumidza kuteverwa nokurwiswa kwakatevedzana kweUnited States-yakachengetwa Philippines, Guam uye Wake Island; pamakoroni eBritain eMalaya, Singapore, neHong Kong; uye paUmambo hweThailand. Mukati ma1942 Japan yakatanga kurwisa muChina, Southeast Asia, uye Pacific Theatres yehondo. Pakupera kwa1942 Japan yakanga yava kuzvidzivirira sezvo maAllies akadzorera zvaakanga awana kare. Kuputika kwebhomba reAtomic paHiroshima neNagasaki neUnited States, pamwe chete nokuzivisa hondo neSoviet Union, zvakagombedzera hurumende yeJapan kuti  <response>: kuzviisa pasi pasina miganhu musi waSeptember 2, 1945. Vatungamiriri vazhinji vezvamatongerwe enyika navauto vokuJapan vakapomerwa mhaka dzokupara mhosva dzehondo pamberi pedare reTokyo namamwe matare eAllied muAsia. 