Editing Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact (section)

{{Short description|1941 non-aggression agreement between the USSR and Imperial Japan}}
{{Infobox treaty
| name                 = Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
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| image                = Matsuoka signs the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact-1.jpg
| image_width          = 200px
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| caption              = Japanese Foreign Minister [[Yōsuke Matsuoka]] signing the pact
| type                 = Bilateral treaty
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| date_drafted         = 
| date_signed          = {{Start date|1941|4|13}}
| location_signed      = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| date_sealed          = 
| date_effective       = 
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| date_expiration      = {{End date|1946|4|13}}{{efn|Denounced by the Soviet Union on {{end date|1945|4|5}}}}
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| signatories          ={{flagicon image| Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg}} [[Vyacheslav Molotov]]<br />{{flagicon image| Flag_of_Japan_(1870–1999).svg}} [[Yōsuke Matsuoka]]<br />{{flagicon image| Flag_of_Japan_(1870–1999).svg}} [[Yoshitsugu Tatekawa]] 
| parties              =* {{flagcountry|USSR|1936}}
* {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}} 
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| footnotes            = {{notelist}}
}}

[[File:Soviet Japanese Neutrality Pact 13 April 1941.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, April 13, 1941]]

The {{nihongo|'''Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact'''|日ソ中立条約|Nisso Chūritsu Jōyaku}}, also known as the {{nihongo|'''Japanese–Soviet Non-aggression Pact'''|日ソ不可侵条約|Nisso Fukashin Jōyaku}}, was a [[non-aggression pact]] between the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Empire of Japan]] signed on April 13, 1941, two years after the conclusion of the [[Soviet–Japanese border conflicts|Soviet-Japanese Border War]]. The agreement meant that for most of [[World War II]], the two nations fought against each other's allies but not against each other. In 1945, late in the war, the Soviets scrapped the pact and joined the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] campaign against Japan.