Editing Terauchi Masatake (section)

==Premiership (1916–1918)==
{{seealso|Terauchi Cabinet}}
In June 1916, Terauchi  he received his promotion to the largely ceremonial rank of ''[[Gensui (Imperial Japanese Army)|Gensui]]'' (or [[Field Marshal]]). In October, he became Prime Minister, and concurrently held the cabinet posts of  [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Foreign Minister]] and [[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Finance Minister]]. His cabinet consisted solely of career bureaucrats as he distrusted career civilian politicians.

During his tenure, Terauchi pursued an aggressive foreign policy. He oversaw the [[Nishihara Loans]] (made to support the Chinese warlord [[Duan Qirui]] in exchange for confirmation of Japanese claims to parts of [[Shandong Province]] and increased rights in [[Manchuria]]) and the [[Lansing–Ishii Agreement]] (recognizing Japan's special rights in China). Terauchi upheld Japan's obligations to the [[United Kingdom]] under the [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]] in [[World War I]], dispatching ships from the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] to the [[Pacific Ocean|South Pacific]], [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Mediterranean]], and seizing control of German colonies in [[Jiaozhou Bay Leased Territory|Qingdao]] and the [[South Seas Mandate|Pacific Ocean]]. After the war, Japan joined the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] in the [[Siberian Intervention]] (whereby Japan sent troops into [[Siberia]] in support of [[White movement|White Russian]] forces against the [[Bolshevik]] [[Red Army]] in the [[Russian Revolution]]).

In September 1918, Terauchi resigned his office, due to the [[Rice Riots of 1918|rice riots]] that had spread throughout Japan due to [[inflation]]; he died the following year.

His decorations included the [[Order of the Rising Sun]] (1st class) and [[Order of the Golden Kite]] (1st Class).

The [[billiken]] doll, which was a [[Kewpie]]-like fad toy invented in 1908 and was very popular in Japan, lent its name to the Terauchi administration, partly due to the doll's uncanny resemblance to Count Terauchi's bald head.