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| 1916, July 3 |
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| A Russo-Japanese convention was concluded by which Russia accepted the extension of Japanese influence in China under agreements of 1915, and Japan recognized the Russian advance into Outer Mongolia. | 1 |
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| Sept. 3 |
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| Fresh demands made on China, increasing Japanese rights in southern Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, followed a clash between Japanese and Chinese troops at Zhengjiadun (Aug.). China acquiesced (Feb. 1917). | 2 |
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| Oct. 9 |
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Terauchi Masatake (1852–1919) succeeded  kuma Shigenobu (1838–1922) as prime minister, with a slight minority in the lower house of the diet. | 3 |
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