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 | | Despite old guard opposition, the conservative forces formed a party of their own in 1913, the Rikken Doshikai (Constitutional Association of Friends), a party that won a majority inthe House over the Seiyokai in late 1914. |
 | | On February 12, 1913 Yamamoto Gonbee (1852 - 1933) succeeded Katsura as prime minister. |
 | | Seizing the opportunity of Berlin's distraction with the European War and wanting to expand its sphere of influence in China,Japan declared war on Germany on August 23, 1914 and quickly occupied German-leased territories in China's Shandong Province and the Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands in the Pacific. |
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