Japan Declares War on Germany

It was on this day in 1914 that the Empire of Japan officially declared war on the German Empire, entering the First World War and launching an air attack on the German colony in China. Here are some postcard memories of Japan from World War I:

Allied leaders: HM the Taisho Emperor, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (left), King George V of Great Britain and the President of France (bottom)

The battle of Tsingtao, China -biggest Japanese victory

HM the Taisho Emperor

HM the Taisho Emperor reviewing troops to be sent to the war

Japanese troops in the Siberian expedition at the end of the war

HM the Taisho Emperor and symbols of Japan

The Imperial Japanese Soldier: "Soldiers of Justice and Right"