Japan entered World War I as a member of the Allies on 23 August 1914, seizing the opportunity of Imperial Germany's distraction with the European War to expand its sphere of influence in China and th
1909 cartoon in the U.S. magazine Puck shows (clockwise from rightmost figure) US, Germany, Britain, France and Japan engaged in a naval race in a "no limit" game
Historians writing about the origins of World War I have differed over the relative emphasis they place upon the factors involved. Changes in historical arguments over time are in part related to the
Poster, c. 1918 by Maurice Neumont
