Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mauto eJapan pakutanga akawana kubudirira kukuru kwemauto panguva yeChipiri Hondo yeChina neJapan (1937<unk>1945) uye Hondo yePacific. Zvisinei, kutanga muna 1942, zvikurukuru pashure peHondo dzeMidway
uye Guadalcanal, Japan yakamanikidzwa kutora chimiro chokudzivirira, uye nhimbe yechitsuwa yeAmerica yekusvetuka-svetuka yakareva kuti Japan yakanga ichirasikirwa zvishoma nezvishoma nenharaunda yose yakanga yawana, uye pakupedzisira, vaAmerica vakatora Iwo Jima neOkinawa Island, vachisiya nyika huru yeJapan isina kudzivirirwa zvachose. Mauto eU.S. akanga aronga kupinda muJapan, asi Japan yakakanda mabhomba eatomu paHiroshima neNagasaki uye Soviet yakangozivisa hondo panguva imwe chete musi waAugust 9, 1945, ikabva yapinda muManchuria nedzimwe nzvimbo. Hondo yePacific yakaguma zviri pamutemo musi waSeptember 2, 1945. Imwe nguva yokugara neAllies yakatevera. Muna 1947, nokupindira kweAmerica, bumbiro idzva rakatangwa, zvichiita kuti Umambo hweJapan hupere, uye Mauto eHumambo hweJapan akatsiviwa neJapan Self-Defense Forces. Kugara uye kuvakazve kwakaenderera mberi kusvikira muna 1952, pakupedzisira kuumba umambo hwazvino hunozivikanwa seJapan.