Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wasu 'yan Japan sun zauna tare da Kanzaki a kan wani lokaci tare da Kanzaki a lokacin shekarun Interwar. Lokacin da Jafananci suka mamaye Kiribati a watan Disamba na 1941, Kanzaki da mataimakinsa, Suzuki su ne kawai 'yan ƙasar Japan da ke zaune a Kiribati. An hayar da Kanzaki a matsayin mai fassara da jami'in sadarwa na sojojin Japan, kuma ya tattara mazajen Gilbertese don yin aiki a matsayin ma'aikata don tallafawa ƙoƙarin yaƙin Japan. Har ila yau, rundunar sojan Japan ta kawo ma'aikatan Okinawa wadanda aka dauka don gina gine-ginen jiragen ruwa a kusa da tsibirin. Kimanin Jafananci 5,000 ne ke zaune a Tarawa da Makin, kuma sun kasance galibi sojoji da sojojin ruwa, da kuma 'yan mazauna. Akwai ƙarancin hulɗa tsakanin sojojin Japan da matan Gilbertese, kamar yadda Kanzaki da mazajen Gilbertese suka taimaka wajen sauƙaƙe tsauraran ƙa'idodi don rage hulɗa tsakanin matan Gilbertese da sojojin Japan. Bayan Jafananci sun mika wuya
, 'Yan ƙasar Japan da ke zaune a tsibiran an dawo da su cikin sauri.