日本の大戦争で

"Japan in the Great War"

Japan has also recently joined in fighting The Great War. However, unlike Portugal, their main reason for joining in the fighting isn't because they are going to help an ally or defend their country. Their main reason for joining the war is to spread their influence to China.

Of course, their official reason that they stated the war wasn't that, but through their actions that we have seen, it has become most apparent that this is their main motivation. Their official reason for being in the war was because, like Portugal, they are allies with the British and Britain sent an assistance request asking them to help them destroy German raiders in and around Chinese waters.

After this, Japan realized that it could start influencing China and possibly start taking it over. When they realized this and thought they had enough military power, they issued to China the infamous twenty-one demands. This set of demands, also known as an ultimatum, basically told China that they had to let Japan use all of its resources, surrender all of their military, and let Japan expand its influence over to China or else there would be "dire consequences."

Presently, China has not responded to these orders and it is said that communication between China and Japan is weak. Japan is also starting to be looked at negatively for issuing these demands. It is rumored that because of this, Japan may withdraw the demands soon.