Oh yeah, Japan got spanked a couple of times by the Russians..
Many believe the reason Japan didn't attack Russia in 1941 after her ally Germany attacked Russia was because of those spanking.. So instead she turned to what she thought was an easier target, the US...
And then in 1945 the Russians really crashed the Japanese.. Japan was already beaten by then, but Russia also had a long, bloody war before then too.
German ally, British ally, whoever I see no scenario where Japan would have attacked Russia anytime in the late 30's, early 40's on..