Editing Ōkuma Shigenobu (section)

==Second premiership (1914–1916)==
{{seealso|Second Ōkuma Cabinet}}
At the request of the Emperor, Ōkuma returned to politics during the constitutional crisis of 1914, when the government of [[Yamamoto Gonnohyōe]] was forced to resign in the wake of the [[Siemens scandal]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1922}} The 2nd Ōkuma administration was noted for its active foreign policy. Later that year, Japan declared war on the [[German Empire]], thus entering [[World War I]] on the [[Allies of World War I|Allied side]]. However, the government suffered defeat in December, over the army budget.{{sfn|Chisholm|1922}}

In 1915, Ōkuma and [[Katō Takaaki]] drafted the [[Twenty-One Demands]] on [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]. Ōkuma won re-election in March of that year, but his second administration was also short-lived. Following the [[Ōura scandal]], Ōkuma's cabinet lost popular support, and its members held mass resignation in October 1915. Still, Ōkuma was persuaded to continue in office for a while, and during the year treaties were concluded with France, Russia and China.{{sfn|Chisholm|1922}} Later in 1916, after a long argument with the ''[[Genrō]]'', Ōkuma resigned as well, and retired from politics permanently.