Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 15 ga Agusta, 1914, a lokacin da yakin duniya na farko ya barke a Turai, Japan ta ba da wata sanarwa ga Jamus da ke buƙatar ta ba da ikon ta na yankin Kiaoutschou da ake jayayya. Bayan kin amincewa da karshe, Japan ta ayyana yaƙi a ranar 23 ga Agusta kuma a wannan ranar rundunar sojan ruwanta ta yi ruwan bama-bamai a yankin Jamus. A ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 1914, sojojin Japan sun mamaye bay (duba Siege of Tsingtao
) Ya ce: Bayan warware matsalar Shandong, an mayar da yankin da aka mamaye zuwa China a ranar 10 ga Disamba 1922 amma Jafananci sun sake mamaye yankin daga 1937 zuwa 1945 a lokacin Yaƙin Sino-Jafanan na biyu.