 
<translate> Ajụjụ: Ihe gbara ya gburugburu: Japan sonyere na Agha Worldwa Mbụ site na 1914 ruo 1918 na njikọ aka na Entente Powers ma rụọ ọrụ dị mkpa n'ichebe ụzọ ụgbọ mmiri na West Pacific na Indian Oceans megide Imperial German Navy dị ka onye otu Allies. Na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, alaeze ukwu Japan jiri ohere ahụ gbasaa mpaghara mmetụta ya na China, wee nweta nnabata dị ka nnukwu ike na geopolitics mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị.  Ajụjụ: Ònye ka Japan dịnyeere na WW1? Ka anyị nye stream nke nsụhọ n'okpuru <eng> Q: Context: Japan participated in World War I from 1914 to 1918 in an alliance with Entente Powers and played an important role in securing the sea lanes in the West Pacific and Indian Oceans against the Imperial German Navy as the member of the Allies. Politically, Japanese Empire seized the opportunity to expand its sphere of influence in China, and to gain recognition as a great power in postwar geopolitics.

Question: who's side was japan on in ww1?
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