The Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, also known as the Japanese–Soviet Non-aggression Pact, was a non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan signed on April 13, 1941, two yea
Japanese Foreign Minister Yōsuke Matsuoka signing the pact
Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, April 13, 1941
Yōsuke Matsuoka
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Yōsuke Matsuoka was a Japanese diplomat and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nation
Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
…the Soviets and the Japanese cooperate". After concluding the nonaggression treaty, Stalin, in an unprecedented gesture, saw Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka off at the train station. That was symbolic of the importance that Stalin, who rarely appeared before foreign diplomats, attached to the treaty. It…
Matsuoka in 1932
Matsuoka visits Hitler (March 1941).