selected
Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.
Related Wikipedia articles
Ōkuma Shigenobu
Prime Minister of Japan (1898, 1914–1916)
Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu was a Japanese statesman who was a leading figure in the Meiji and Taishō eras of Japan, serving as Prime Minister in 1898, and from 1914 to 1916. A key advocate for the adoption of Western science and culture in Japan, Ōkuma was a central figure in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Twenty-One Demands
1915 Japanese set of demands to China
The Twenty-One Demands was a set of demands made during the First World War by the Empire of Japan under Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu to the government of the Republic of China on 18 January 1915. The secret demands would greatly extend Japanese control of China. Japan would…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)