 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muchinda Itō Hirobumi 18411909 akanga ari mutungamiriri wehurumende kwechikamu chikuru chenguva ya18851901 uye akatonga mutemo wokunze. Akasimbisa ukama hwekudyidzana nemasimba ekuMadokero anosanganisira Germany, United States uye kunyanya Great Britain kuburikidza neAnglo-Japanese Alliance ya1905. MuAsia akatarisira hondo pfupi, yokukunda neChina 189495. Akataurirana nezvokuzviisa pasi kweChina pamitemo yaibatsira zvikuru Japan, kubatanidza kubatanidzwa kweTaiwan uye kusunungurwa kweKorea kubva mugadziriro yechiChina yokutenda. Akawanawo kudzora Liaodong Peninsula neDarien nePort Arthur, asi akamanikidzwa pakarepo neRussia, Germany neFrance vachiita pamwe chete muTriple Intervention kuti vadzorere kuChina. Muchibvumirano cheAnglo-Japanese cheCommerce uye Navigation cha1894, akabudirira kubvisa zvimwe zvezvikamu zvechibvumirano zvisingaenzaniswi zvakanga zvakatambudza ukama hwekunze hweJapan kubvira pakutanga kwenguva yeMeiji. Kubudirira kwake kukuru kwakanga kuri Chibvumirano cheAnglo-Japan chakasainwa muna 1902. Yakanga iri nhambo yezvamatongerwe enyika, yakaona mugumo wokuparadzaniswa kwakaisvonaka kweBritain. Sungano iyi yakavandudzwa uye yakawedzerwa kaviri, muna 1905 na1911, isati yaparara muna 1921. Yakagumiswa zviri pamutemo muna 1923. 