<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishJapan ilitumaini kwamba vita katika Ulaya vingeweza kugeuza Urusi kutoka kwa kuingilia Asia Mashariki, na hivyo kuipa Japan uhuru wa kufanya kazi nchini China na, kupitia muungano wake na Ujerumani, katika Indochina ya Ufaransa baada ya kushindwa kwa Ufaransa.  <response>: Japan hoped that war in Europe would divert the Soviet Union from interference in East Asia, giving Japan a free hand both in China and, through its alliance with Germany, in French Indochina after the defeat of France. 