This alliance attracted considerable attention worldwide because England, the greatest empire on earth at the time and had previously adhered to the principle of 'Splendid Isolation,' entered into an alliance for the very first time and also because the other party in question was Japan, an emerging country in Asia.
当時世界第一の大帝国で「栄光ある孤立」を貫いていたイギリスが初めて同盟を締結したということと、アジアの新興国家である日本が相手ということから世界の注目を受けた。