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Since the Russo Japanese War, there had been "a postcards boom" in Japan.
The WW1 main battles occurred far from Japan, and postcards like these ones were the war information source for Japanese people, along with journals and newspapers. Postcard was one of the news media.

1910's Japanese Navy WW1 Postcard : Photo of Seized German Submarine, Anti Germany Art & Description about WW1 Sea Warfare & Japanese Navy's Activity

Unlike Navy's ones, hostile artworks against Germany in Japanese Army's WW1 postcards are hardly seen, that is related to the history of the dawn of Japanese military forces.

After the Meiji Government established itself as the Empire of Japan, Imperial Japanese Army introduced the military system of the German Empire, while, Navy modeled on the British Empire.

Army kept respecting Germany even in WW1 time. 

And, No wonder Navy consented to dispatch the special duty fleet to the Mediterranean upon request of Britain.

1910's Japanese WW1 Postcards Commemorative for Bringing the Seized German Submarines U-boat / World War I / Japanese Navy Fleet dispatch to the Mediterranean and the Cape of Good Hope at British Royal Navy request

1910's Japanese WW1 Postcards Commemorative for Bringing the Seized German Submarines

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Memorial stamp saying 
"Commemorative for bringing in the seized German submarines , Taisho 8 (1919) "

To reinforce the countermeasure against German destroying sea traffic with U-boats,
Britain requested Japan to dispatch a destroyer fleet to the Mediterranean and a cruiser fleet to the Cape of Good Hope.
Although those areas were not vital to the Japan's defense, 
in order to secure rights and interests in the territories under Japanese occupation.,
the leased territory of Jiaozhou and the South Sea Islands, that had been taken from Germany,
Japan dispatched Navy forces successively.
As for Army, they fought Germany in their territory, Qingdao, in which a British regiment joined on Japan's side.
By the way, Japan also was requested to send several infantry divisions to the European front, but they rejected it.