And one also needs to remember that their introduction to World War 2 was caused entirely by the United States once again interfering in other people\ said:
Japan was at war with China, and they had already been kicked out of the League of Nations for invading Manchuria. The bombing of Pearl Harbour was an attempt to cripple the American Pacific fleet so that Japan could go deeper into China without worrying about a fight on both fronts. If they had not bombed Pearl Harbour the USA may not have ever gone to war with Japan (no one wanted to, it was too far away).
