Japan signed the Tripartite Pact on September 27 , 1940 , with Germany and Italy and was therefore part of the Axis Pact ; no Japanese people were known to be deliberately imprisoned or killed as they were considered '' Honorary Aryans '' .
Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy on September 27 , 1940 , and was part of the Axis . 
 No Japanese people were known to be deliberately imprisoned or killed , since they were considered '' honorary Aryans '' .