Na 7 August 1914, gọọmentị Britain rịọrọ Japan maka enyemaka iji bibie ndị na-awakpo si Imperial German Navy na gburugburu mmiri China. Japan zigara Germany ihe ikpeazụ na 23 August 1914, nke a na-azaghị; Japan wee kwupụta agha na Germany na 23 August 1914 n'aha Emperor Taishō. Ka Vienna jụrụ ịdọrọ ụgbọ mmiri Austro-Hungarian cruiser SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth site na Qingdao, Japan kwupụtara agha na Austria-Hungary, kwa, na 25 August 1914. Ndị agha Japan weghaara ngwa ngwa nke German na Far East.
Nọvemba 7, 1914