No they wanted to stay out of the fight
Fighting China (1894), then fighting Russia (1904), then invading China (1931), well before Pearl Harbor (1941).
Germany invaded Poland before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Not friendly.
Trade with Japan had stopped before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
after
War in Europe and war in Asia.
yes
The war in the Pacific was essentially between the Japanese and the Americans. However, troops from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Singapore were heavily involved fighting Japanese troops, and many of them would lose their lives in Japanese POW camps.
No, not in any military sense anyway.
The same as US Naval bases in California.
Nothing they were not involved in the War before that.
The attack upon Pearl Harbor occurred before the formal Japanese declaration of war .