In 1936, Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany and the 1940 Tripartite Pact made it one of the Axis Powers.
En 1936 Xapón asinou o Pacto Anti-Comintern coa Alemaña Nazi, e o Pacto Tripartito de 1940 converteuno nunha das potencias do Eixe.