Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto Emuchadenga eJapan akaitisa mazhinji emabasa echiuto eJapan panguva yeHondo Yenyika I. Japan yakapinda muhondo kudivi reEntente, kurwisa Germany neAustria-Hungary semhedzisiro ye1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Kubatanidzwa kweJapan muhondo kwakanga kwakaganhurirwa. Mishandirapamwe kana kuti mashandiro aisanganisira
kubatwa kweTsingtao, kuvhimwa kweGerman East Asia Squadron, kubatwa kwemakoroni eGermany muPacific, uye kushanda muMediterranean. Izvi zvaiva zviitiko zvinokosha, asi zvaionekwa sezvisingakoshi pamigumisiro yehondo.