Japan, Germany And Italy Form Mutual Assistance Pact - Foreign minister Yosuke Matsuoka in a telephone conversation wilt Berlin soon after the signing of the German-Italian-Japanese mutual assistance pact there at Chancellor Hitler's chancellery. He is exchanging salutations with German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano. Shown beside him are, left to right: Italian Ambassador Mario Indelli, German Ambassador Eugen Ott, and German minister-at-large Stahmer, who played an important role in the conclusion of the tripartite alliance. October 28, 1940. (Photo by Japan Photo Library, Inc.)