Central government

Supreme head of state

Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

, Emperor of Japan: supreme Commander in Chief of Armed Imperial Forces, head of state, and representative of the "Imperial Sun Lineage", State Shinto and Worship national god image, and chief of the

Imperial Household Ministry The (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and also the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan. From around the 8th century AD, up until the Second World War, it ...

President of the Imperial Council

Yoshimichi Hara Yoshimichi Hara (原嘉道) (February 18, 1867 – August 7, 1944) was a Japanese statesman and the president of the Japanese privy council during World War II, from June 1940 until his death. Hara was always reluctant to use military force. In p ...

: President of the "Imperial Council" and "Imperial Throne Council of War" also the Emperor's representatives

Chairman of the Imperial Advisory Council

Kantarō Suzuki Baron was a Japanese general and politician. He was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, member and final leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and Prime Minister of Japan from 7 April to 17 August 1945. Biography Early li ...

: Chairman of the Imperial Advisory Council

Imperial family members

The following were closely involved in the government and military of Japan: Japan & Korea Imperial family Yasukuni 1938-10

Prince Asaka Yasuhiko General was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion of China and the Second World War. Son-in-law of Emperor Meiji and uncle by marriage of Em ...

Prince Chichibu , was the second son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako), a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. As a member of the Imperial House of Japan, he was the patron of several ...

Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu was a scion of the Japanese imperial family and was a career naval officer who served as chief of staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1932 to 1941. Early life Prince Hiroyasu was born in Tokyo as Prince Narukata, the eldest son of Princ ...

Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi was the eldest son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, and heir-apparent due to inherit the position of 24th head of the Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke (collateral branch of the Imperial Family of Japan), and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. ...

Prince Mikasa was a Japanese prince, the youngest of the four sons of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako). He was their last surviving child. His eldest brother was Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). After serving as a junior cavalry officer in th ...

Prince Nashimoto Morimasa was a member of the Japanese Imperial Family and a ''field marshal'' in the Imperial Japanese Army. An uncle-in-law of Emperor Shōwa, an uncle of his consort, Empress Kōjun, and the father-in-law of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea, Prince Nashim ...

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko General was a Japanese imperial prince, a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 30th Prime Minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 to 9 October 1945, a period of 54 days. An uncle-in-law of Emperor Hirohito twice over, Prince Hi ...

* Prince Higashikuni Morihiro *

Prince Takamatsu was the third son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). He became heir to the Takamatsu-no-miya (formerly Arisugawa-no-miya), one of the four ''shinnōke'' or branches of ...

* Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi *

Prince Kan'in Kotohito was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940. During his tenure as the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army Gene ...

Prince Kan'in Haruhito was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and the 7th (and final) head of the Kan'in-no-miya line of ''shinnōke'' cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan. Biography Prince Kan'in Haruhito was the only surviv ...

Prince Kaya Tsunenori , was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. A general in the Imperial Japanese Army, he was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Early life Prince Ka ...

Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa , was the 3rd head of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family. Early life Prince Naruhisa was the son of Prince Yoshihisa Kitashirakawa and Princess Tomiko.Takenobu, Yoshitaro. (1906). Prince Naruhisa succeeded as head of the hous ...

Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa of Japan, was the 4th head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. Early years Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the only son of Prince Naruhisa Kitas ...

Prince Kuni Asaakira , was third head of the Kuni-no-miya, a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family and vice admiral in the Japanese Imperial Navy during World War II. He was the elder brother of Empress Kojun (Nagako), the consort of Emperor Shōwa ...

Prince Yamashina Takehiko , was the third (and final) head of the Yamashina-no-miya, a collateral line of the Japanese imperial family. He was nicknamed "the Flying Prince". Early life Prince Yamashina Takehiko was the son of Prince Yamashina Kikumaro by his first wife, ...

* Prince Yi Un (Crown Prince of Korea)

Vice Chairman of the Councilors of Court

: Vice-chairman of the Councilors of Court

Prime Ministers

* Senjuro Hayashi: Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of Kwantung Army, Minister of War, member of Imperial Privy Council amongst political adviser in Taisei Yokusankai *

Kōki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. Originally his name was . He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials. Early life Hirota was ...

: Prime Minister, also chief of secret services in the

Black Dragon Society The , or the Amur River Society, was a prominent paramilitary, ultranationalist group in Japan. History The ''Kokuryūkai'' was founded in 1901 by martial artist Uchida Ryohei as a successor to his mentor Mitsuru Tōyama's ''Gen'yōsha''. It ...

Fumimaro Konoe Prince was a Japanese politician and prime minister. During his tenure, he presided over the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the breakdown in relations with the United States, which ultimately culminated in Japan's entry into World W ...

: Prime Minister; in his second term organized the ''

Tonarigumi The was the smallest unit of the national mobilization program established by the Japanese government in World War II. It consisted of units consisting of 10-15 households organized for fire fighting, civil defense and internal security. Histo ...

'' organization, Nation Service Society official government syndicate, and ''

Taisei Yokusankai The , or Imperial Aid Association, was the Empire of Japan's ruling organization during much of World War II. It was created by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe on 12 October 1940, to promote the goals of his ("New Order") movement. It evolved i ...

'' (Imperial Rule Assistance Association) group amongst official expert of Jews affairs *

Hiranuma Kiichirō was a prominent right-wing Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan in 1939. He was convicted of war crimes committed during World War II and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Early life Hiranuma was born in what is now Tsuyama Ci ...

: General in Imperial Forces, Prime Minister, Home Affairs and Justice Minister, chief of Keishicho Police forces, Minister without Portfolio, founder and leader in Shintoist Rites Research Council amongst Last President of Imperial Privy Council *

Nobuyuki Abe was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea, and Prime Minister of Japan. Early life and military career Abe was born on November 24, 1875, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, the son of former samurai Abe Nobumitsu. H ...

: Imperial Army General, Prime Minister, member of Imperial Privy Council, political adviser in militarist Genro grouping and last Governor in Chosen *

Mitsumasa Yonai was a Japanese general and politician. He served as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Minister of the Navy, and Prime Minister of Japan in 1940. Early life and career Yonai was born on 2 March 1880, in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, the firs ...

:Imperial Navy Admiral, Prime Minister, Minister of Marine, Chief of War Relief Association, expert in Jews topics amongst Imperial and Supreme War Councillor *

Hideki Tōjō Hideki Tojo (, ', December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician, general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan and president of the Imperial Rule Assistan ...

: Prime Minister, Home Affairs Minister, Education Minister, Trade Minister, War Minister, Head of ''Kodoha'' Party; also Commander-in-Chief of

Japanese Imperial Forces The Imperial Japanese Armed Forces (IJAF) were the combined military forces of the Japanese Empire. Formed during the Meiji Restoration in 1868,"One can date the 'restoration' of imperial rule from the edict of 3 January 1868." p. 334. they ...

in same period, also led the ''

Keishicho The serves as the prefectural police department of Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis. Founded in 1874, it is headed by a Superintendent-General, who is appointed by the National Public Safety Commission (Japan), National Public Safety Commission, and ...

'' (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); also was for some time head of the Munitions Ministry. *

Koiso Kuniaki was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea and Prime Minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945. After Japan's defeat in World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Early li ...

: Prime Minister and head of

Ministry of Greater East Asia (Japan) The was a cabinet-level ministry in the government of the Empire of Japan from 1942 to 1945, established to administer overseas territories obtained by Japan in the Pacific War and to coordinate the establishment and development of the Greater Eas ...

, Vice-Minister of War, also commander of the Imperial Volunteer Corps defensive organization *

: Imperial Navy Admiral, Marine Minister, Military Councillor, Grand Chamberlain and Privy Councilor, later Prime Minister *

: Prime Minister, Staff Officer, Army General Staff Headquarters, Military Councilor, Chief of the Army Aeronautical Department, and Commander-in-Chief of the Home Defense Headquarters

Chief Cabinet Secretary

Kenji Tomita Kenji Tomita (富田健治 November 1, 1897 – March 23, 1977) was a Japanese politician. He was born in Kobe. He graduated from Kyoto University. He was governor of Nagano Prefecture (1938–1940), served as Cabinet Secretary under Fumimaro ...

: Chief Cabinet Secretary in Minister Konoe period

Military Secretary to Prime Minister

* Makoto Matsutani: Military Secretary to Prime Minister

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal

Makino Nobuaki Count was a Japanese politician and imperial court official. As Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, Makino served as Emperor Hirohito’s chief counselor on the monarch’s position in Japanese society and policymaking. In this capacity, he ...

(30 March 1925 – 26 February 1935) *

Saitō Makoto Viscount was a Japanese naval officer and politician. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Saitō Makoto"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 809. Upon distinguishing himself during his command of two cruisers in the First Sino-Japanese War, Saitō rose ...

(26 February 1935 – 26 February 1936) *

Ichiki Kitokuro Ichiki (written: 一木 or 市来) is a Japanese surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name ...

(6 March 1936 – 6 March 1936) * Yuasa Kurahei (6 March 1936 – 1 June 1940) *

Kōichi Kido Marquis (July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to Emperor Hirohito throughout World War II. He was convicted of war crimes a ...

(1 June 1940 – 24 November 1945)

Imperial Privy Council

President of Privy Council *

: President of Privy Council *

: Last President of Privy Council Privy Councillors *

Jirō Minami was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Life and military career Born to an ex-''samurai'' family in Hiji, Ōita Prefe ...

: Privy Councillor *

: Privy Councillor * Senjuro Hayashi: Privy Councillor *

Shigeru Honjō General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the early period of the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was considered an ardent follower of Sadao Araki's doctrines. Biography Honjō was born into a farming family in Hyōgo prefect ...

: Privy Councillor *

: Privy Councilor

Imperial State Council

Sadao Araki Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. As one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in the Empire of Japan, he was regarded as the leader of the radical faction within the polit ...

: State Councillor

Imperial Aide to the Crown Prince

Takeji Nara Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Nara was born in what is now part of Kanuma city, Tochigi Prefecture to a farming family. He attended military preparatory schools as a youth, and graduated from the 11th class of the ...

: Imperial Aide to the Kōtaishi (Crown Prince)

Military Aide-de-Camp

* Shigeru Hasunuma: Chief Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor *

: Chief Aide-de Camp to the Emperor * Kazumoto Machijiri: Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor *

Shunroku Hata was a field marshal ('' gensui'') in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the last surviving Japanese military officer with a marshal's rank. Hata was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1948, but was ...

: Senior Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor *

Korechika Anami was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II who was War Minister during the surrender of Japan. Early life and career Anami was born in Taketa city in Ōita Prefecture, where his father was a senior bureaucrat in the Home M ...

: Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor *

: Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor * Hakaru Yano: Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor * Yoshikazu Nishi: Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor *

Tasuku Okada was a Japanese officer during World War II. After the war he was put on trial during the Yokohama War Crimes Trials for ordering executions of captured American aircrew in 1945. Okada was found guilty, sentenced to death, and hanged in 1949. ...

: Aide-de-Camp to Prince Kotohito Kanin *

Masaharu Homma was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March. After the war, Homma was convicted of war crimes relating ...

: Aide-de-Camp to Prince Yasuhito Chichibu *

Takushiro Hattori was an Imperial Japanese Army officer and government official. During World War II, he alternately served as the chief of the Army General Staff's Operations Section and secretary to Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. After the war ended, he served as an ...

: Aide-de-Camp/Adjutant to Field Marshal (Prince) Nashimoto * Shoichi Muranaka: Aide-de-camp of Commander Komatsubara during Nomonhan Incident

Grand Chamberlain

* Makoto Saito: Grand Chamberlain in period of

Imperial Colors Incident The , also known as the , was an abortive coup d'état attempt in Japan on 21 October 1931, launched by the ''Sakurakai'' secret society within the Imperial Japanese Army, aided by civilian ultranationalist groups. Background and History Having ...

: Grand Chamberlain * Saburo Hyakutake: Grand Chamberlain * Hisanoru Fujita: Grand Chamberlain

House of Representatives

* Juji Kasai: member of

House of Representatives of Japan The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition of the House is established by and of the Constitution of Japan. The House of Representatives ha ...

(government supporter) *

Kingoro Hashimoto was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army and politician. He was famous for having twice tried to stage a coup against the civilian government in the 1930s. Early career Hashimoto was born in Okayama City, and a graduate of the 23rd class o ...

: member in

, defender of official policies

House of Peers

Satō Tetsutarō was a Japanese military theorist and an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Biography Early career Born in the Tsuruoka domain, Dewa Province (present day Tsuruoka city, Yamagata prefecture), Satō graduated from the 14th class of the Imp ...

: Member in House of Peers * Aisuke Kabayama: Member of House of Peers (partner of government policies in first stages) * Teiichi Suzuki: Imperial candidate to House of Peers *

Kenkichi Yoshizawa was a Japanese diplomat in the Empire of Japan, serving as 46th Foreign Minister of Japan in 1932. He was the maternal grandfather of Sadako Ogata, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991–2001. Biography Yoshizawa ...

: Member of House of Peers * Prince Higashikuni Morihiro: Member in House of Peers *

: Member in House of Peers *

Naoki Hoshino was a bureaucrat and politician who served in the Taishō period, Taishō and early Shōwa period Government of Japan, Japanese government, and as an official in the Manchukuo, Empire of Manchukuo. Biography Hoshino was born in Yokohama, where ...

: Member in House of Peers

Imperial Supreme War Command (1937-1945)

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Armed Imperial Forces *Emperor

: Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the

Imperial Japanese Army The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...

and the

Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender ...

(Article XI of the

Meiji Constitution The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Kyūjitai: ; Shinjitai: , ), known informally as the Meiji Constitution (, ''Meiji Kenpō''), was the constitution of the Empire of Japan which was proclaimed on February 11, 1889, and remained in for ...

of 1889). He also led the Imperial Supreme War Council conferences and meetings, in some cases a member of the Imperial Family was sent to represent him at such strategic conferences.

Imperial General Headquarters (Dai Honei)

Established in 1937 Commander *

Emperor Shōwa Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

Minister of War A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

Hajime Sugiyama was a Japanese field marshal and one of the leaders of Japan's military throughout most of World War II. As Army Minister in 1937, Sugiyama was a driving force behind the launch of hostilities against China in retaliation for the Marco Polo B ...

: War minister *

Seishirō Itagaki was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and War Minister from 1938 to 1939. Itagaki was a main conspirator behind the Mukden Incident and held prestigious chief of ...

: War minister *

: War Minister *

: War Minister Japanese Army Strategic Thought Group * Strike North Group - Strategist thought group dominated by the

Aide to War Minister, IGHQ * Joichiro Sanada: Aide to War Minister, IGHQ Staff officer IGHQ *

Torashirō Kawabe was a general and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff during World War II. He was also the younger brother of General Masakazu Kawabe. Biography Born in Toyama prefecture, Kawabe graduated from the 24th class of the ...

: Army Staff officer, IGHQ *

Okikatsu Arao Colonel was one of the original plotters in a scheme to prevent the Emperor's declaration of surrender at the end of World War II. He was the chief of the War Affairs section of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Army. Conspi ...

: concurrently Army Staff Officer, IGHQ *

: Army Staff Officer, IGHQ *

Keiji Suzuki is a Japanese judoka. He won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division in 2004. He is also a two-time world champion. He is noted for being a remarkably small judoka in the heavyweight division; he also regularly com ...

: Army Staff officer IGHQ Operations Bureau's Organization and Mobilization Section, IGHQ * Saburo Hayashi: Chief of Operations Bureau's Organization and Mobilization Section, IGHQ * Seijun Inada: Chief of Operations Bureau's Organization and Mobilization Section, IGHQ Russian Section of Intelligence Department, IGHQ * Saburo Hayashi: Chief of Russian Section of Intelligence Department, IGHQ Army Inner Liaison (Army Section), Military Affairs Bureau, Army Ministry, IGHQ * Masao Inaba:Army inner liaison (Army Section), Military Affairs Bureau, Army Ministry, IGHQ

Imperial Japanese Army General Staff The , also called the Army General Staff, was one of the two principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army. Role The was created in April 1872, along with the Navy Ministry, to replace the Ministry of Military Affairs ...

(Tokyo HQ) *

: Chief of Army General Staff *

Yoshijirō Umezu (January 4, 1882 – January 8, 1949) was a Japanese general in World War II and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of the conflict. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Biography Early life a ...

: Chief of Army General Staff Army Zone Commands Army Regional Commands Army Tactical Commands General Command of Southern Army *

Hisaichi Terauchi Count was a '' Gensui'' (or field marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army, commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War II. Biography Early military career Terauchi was born in Tokyo Prefecture, and was the eldest son of ...

: Commander of Southern Army * Takazo Numata: Vice-Commander of Southern Army Army Tactical Commands Army High Level Inner Liaison with Army General Staff, IGHQ * Shuichi Miyazaki: Chief, First Bureau, Army General Staff Headquarters, attended operational liaison conference between IGHQ, Southern Army, and Fourteenth Area Army (Manila)

Minister of the Navy Minister of the Navy may refer to: * Minister of the Navy (France) * Minister of the Navy (Italy) The Italian Minister of the Navy ( it, Ministri della Marina del Regno) was a member in the Council Ministers until 1947, when the ministry merged ...

Yonai Mitsumasa was a Japanese general and politician. He served as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Minister of the Navy, and Prime Minister of Japan in 1940. Early life and career Yonai was born on 2 March 1880, in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, the firs ...

: Marine Minister * Koshiro Oikawa : Marine minister * Shigetarō Shimada: Marine Minister Japanese Navy Strategic Thinking Group * Strike South Group - Strategists thinking group dominated by the

Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff The was the highest organ within the Imperial Japanese Navy. In charge of planning and operations, it was headed by an Admiral headquartered in Tokyo. History Created in 1893, the Navy General Staff took over operational (as opposed to adminis ...

(Tokyo HQ) * Hiroyasu Fushimi : Chief of Navy General Staff *

Osami Nagano was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the leaders of Japan's military during most of the Second World War. In April 1941, he became Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. In this capacity, he served as the n ...

: Chief of Navy General Staff * Shigetarō Shimada: Chief of Navy General Staff * Koshiro Oikawa: Chief of Navy General Staff *

Soemu Toyoda was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. Biography Early career Toyoda was born in what is now part Kitsuki city, Ōita Prefecture. He graduated from the 33rd class of the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1905, ranked 26 ...

: Chief of Navy General Staff *

Shigeru Fukudome was an admiral and Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Early life and career Born in Yonago, Tottori prefecture, Fukudome graduated from the 40th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1913, ran ...

: Vice-Chief of Navy General Staff Navy General Staff of Combined Fleet (Japan, later Truk HQ) *

Isoroku Yamamoto was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II until he was killed. Yamamoto held several important posts in the IJN, and undertook many of its changes and reor ...

: Chief of General Staff of Combined Fleet *

Matome Ugaki was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, remembered for his extensive and revealing war diary, role at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and kamikaze suicide hours after the announced surrender of Japan at the end of the war. ...

: Vice-Chief of General Staff of Combined Fleet *

Mineichi Koga was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet. Biography Early life and career Koga was born in the famous ceramics center of Arita in Nishimatsuura County of Saga Prefecture in 1885. H ...

: Chief of General Staff of Combined Fleet *

: Vice-Chief of General Staff of Combined Fleet Navy Tactical Commands Navy-Army General Staff (IGHQ) Liaison Officer *

: Member (Army-Navy high level liaison), Naval General Staff; Naval Staff Officer (Operations) IGHQ; Section Chief (Operations), Army General Staff, IGHQ; Army Section Member, Naval General Staff Naval Staff Officer, IGHQ (Operations). * Joichiro Sanada: Chief, Second Section, (Army-Navy high level liaison) Army General Staff Headquarters; Staff Officer, IGHQ (Navy Section)

Inspectorate General of Military Training The was a section of the Imperial Japanese Army charged with military education and training in the army, except military aviation training. It was headed by an inspector general who was responsible for overseeing technical and tactical training, a ...

IGHQ *

Rikichi Andō was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 19th and final Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from 30 December 1944 to October 1945. Biography Early career Andō was a native of Miyagi Prefecture. He served as an instructor at the Army Wa ...

: Vice-Chief Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Inspector General of Military Training *

: Inspector General of Artillery Training *

Harukichi Hyakutake was a general in the Japanese Imperial Army in World War II. He is sometimes referred to as Haruyoshi Hyakutake or Seikichi Hyakutake. His elder brothers Saburō Hyakutake and Gengo Hyakutake were admirals in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Biograph ...

: Inspector General of Signal Training *

Hitoshi Imamura was a Japanese general who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Early career A native of Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture, Imamura's father was a judge. Imamura graduated from t ...

: Deputy Chief, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

Masatane Kanda , was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography A native of Aichi Prefecture, Kanda graduated from the 23rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1911 and was assigned to the Kwantung Army and bas ...

: Department Chief, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

Masakazu Kawabe was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He held important commands in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and during World War II in the Burma Campaign and defense of the Japanese homeland late in the war. He was ...

: Section Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

Heitarō Kimura was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by hanging. Biography Kimura was born in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, but was raised in Hiroshima prefecture, which he considered to be h ...

: Artillery Department, Office of Military Training * Kenzo Kitano: Section Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

Shigenori Kuroda was a Japanese lieutenant general of the Japanese Imperial Army and the Japanese Governor-General of the Philippines during World War II. Biography Kuroda was born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka and graduated from the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese A ...

: Office of Military Training * Jinsaburo Mazaki: Section Chief, Office of Military Training; also Inspector General of Military Training *

: Inspector General of Military Training * Akira Mutō: Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training * Ichiro Shichida: Section Chief, Inspectorate General of Military Training * Tokumatsu Shigeta: Inspector General of Artillery Training *

Sōsaku Suzuki was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography Early career Born in Aichi prefecture, Suzuki graduated from the 24th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1912. After leaving 31st class of the Army War Coll ...

: Chief, 2nd Section, Inspectorate General of Military Training *Shinichi Tanaka: Section Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Inspector General of Military Training *

Otozō Yamada was a career officer, war criminal and general in the Imperial Japanese Army, serving from the Russo-Japanese War to the end of World War II. Biography Early career Yamada was born in Nagano Prefecture as the third son of Ichikawa Katashi, an a ...

: Office of Cavalry Training (Inspectorate General of Military Training) * Prince Un Yi: Attached to Inspectorate-General of Military Training * Nobuyushi Muto: Inspector-General of Military Training * Yoshikazu Nishi: Inspector-General of Military Training Inspectorate General of Aviation IGHQ *

Tomoyuki Yamashita was a Japanese officer and convicted war criminal, who was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, with his accomplishment of conquering ...

: Inspector general of Army Aviation *

: Deputy Chief, Inspectorate General of Air Force *

: Inspector General of Army Aviation *

Kenji Doihara was a Japanese army officer. As a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he was instrumental in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. As a leading intelligence officer, he played a key role to the Japanese machinations that le ...

: Inspector General of Army Aviation

Imperial Supreme War Council (Senso-shi-do)

Chief Secretary of Supreme War Council * Akira Mutō: Chief Secretary of Supreme War Council *

Mineo Ōsumi Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and served twice as Minister of the Navy of Japan during the volatile 1930s. Biography Early life Ōsumi was born in what is now the city of Inazawa, Aichi. He was a graduate of the 24th class ...

: Chief Secretary of Supreme War Council Supreme War Councilor *

Nobutake Kondō was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As commander of IJN 2nd Fleet, the Navy's principal detached force for independent operations, Kondō was regarded as second in importance only to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Biog ...

: Appointed to the Supreme War Council *

: Supreme War Councilor *

: Supreme War Councilor * Shigetarō Shimada: Appointed to Supreme War Council *

: Supreme War Councilor * Prince Un Yi: Member of the Supreme War Council * Waichirō Sonobe: Member of the Supreme War Council *

: Member Supreme War Council * Saburo Ando: Member Supreme War Council *

: Member Supreme War Council *

: Member Supreme War Council * Kenji Dohihara: Member Supreme War Council *

: Member of the Supreme War Council *

Jinzaburō Masaki was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He was regarded as a leader of the radical political faction within the Japanese military. Biography Born in Saga Prefecture in 1876, Masaki graduated from the 9th class of the Imperial ...

: Member of the Supreme War Council *

: Member of the Supreme War Council * Yoshikazu Nishi: Member of the Supreme War Council *

: Member of the Supreme War Council * Shigeatsu Yamaoka: Member of the Supreme War Council *

Takeo Yasuda was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. While serving as director of the Army's Aviation Technology Research Institute during World War II, he was a key figure in scientific and technological development for the Imperial Japanese A ...

: Member of the Supreme War Council Araki Sadao

Military Councilors *

: Military Councilor *

: concurrently Military Councilor *

: Military Councilor *

Naruhiko Higashikuni General was a Japanese imperial prince, a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 30th Prime Minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 to 9 October 1945, a period of 54 days. An uncle-in-law of Emperor Hirohito twice over, Prince Hi ...

: Military Councilor * Jinsaburo Mazaki: Military Councilor *

Yasuji Okamura was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, and commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Army from November 1944 to the end of World War II. He was tried but found not guilty of any war crimes by the Shanghai War Crimes Tribunal after the ...

: Military Councilor *

: Military Councilor * Shizuichi Teramoto: Military Councillor " Imperial Throne Council of War" President of the Imperial Throne Council of War *

: President of the Imperial Throne Council of War Imperial War Councilor *

: Imperial War Councilor * Shigetarō Shimada: Appointed to Imperial War Council

Home Defence

Home Defense Headquarters

: Commander-in-Chief, Home Defense Headquarters *

: Commander-in-Chief, Home Defense Headquarters Organization *Fifth Area Army and Northern Army District (Sapporo) *Eleventh Area Army and Northeastern Army District (Sendai) *Twelfth Area Army and Eastern Army District (Tokyo) *Thirteenth Area Army and Tokai Army District (Nagoya) *Fifteenth Area Army and Central Army District (Osaka) *Shikoku Army District (Zentsuji) *Sixteenth Area Army and Western Army District (Fukuoka) *Seventeenth Area Army and Korea Army District (Seoul) *Tenth Area Army and Formosa Army District (Taipei) * Imperial General Headquarters in Matsushiro Fortress,

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

Tokyo metropolitan area

Toshizō Nishio was a Japanese general, considered to be one of the Imperial Japanese Army's most successful and ablest strategists during the Second Sino-Japanese War, who commanded the Japanese Second Army during the first years after the Marco Polo Bridge In ...

: Governor of the Tokyo metropolitan area; also was commander of civil law enforcement divisions in the metropolitan area, including

, Tokkō,

Kempeitai The , also known as Kempeitai, was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945 that also served as a secret police force. In addition, in Japanese-occupied territories, the Kenpeitai arrested or killed those suspecte ...

and Tokeitai metropolitan units. The Imperial Guards remained under their own commander, who reported directly to the

Emperor An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...

Tokyo Divisional District

Jo Iimura was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific War. Biography A native of Ibaraki prefecture, Iimura graduated from the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1909, and was assigned to the Imperial Guards 3rd Regiment. ...

: Commanding General, Tokyo Defense Army; concurrently Commanding General, Tokyo Divisional District

Tokyo Defense Command

* Yoshikazu Nishi: Commander Officer of Tokyo Defence Command

Tokyo Garrison Headquarters

Kiichiro Higuchi was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Biography Higuchi was born in what is now part of Minamiawaji City on Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, as the eldest of nine siblings. When he was eleven years old, his p ...

: Staff Officer, Tokyo Garrison Headquarters * Joichiro Sanada: Staff Officer, Tokyo Garrison Command

Tokyo Bay Fortress Detachment Officers

* Shihei Oba: Commanding General, Tokyo Bay Fortress, concurrently Commanding General, Tokyo Bay Detachment * Tokumatsu Shigeta: Staff Officer, Tokyo Bay Fortress Detachment

Maizuru Fortified Zone

Kanji Ishiwara was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He and Itagaki Seishirō were the men primarily responsible for the Mukden Incident that took place in Manchuria in 1931. Early life Ishiwara was born in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Pref ...

: Commanding General, Maizuru Fortified Zone

Tsushima Fortress Detachment

Kiyotake Kawaguchi was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography A native of Kōchi Prefecture, Kiyotake graduated from the 26th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1914, and from the 34th class of the Army War College (Japan ...

: recalled to active duty, Commanding General, Tsushima Fortress *

List of Army Fortresses in Japan proper This is the list of Empire of Japan coastal fortresses in existence during World War II. Fortresses on Japanese archipelago were led by the Commander of the Japanese Metropolitan Fortification System whose headquarters was in Tokyo Bay Fortress. ...

Officer assigned to General Defense Command

Shōjirō Iida was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Biography Iida was a native of Yamaguchi prefecture and a graduate of the 20th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1908 and the 27th class of the Army Staff College in Decemb ...

: assigned to General Defense Command

Shinbu Group (Fourteenth Area Army command)

Shizuo Yokoyama was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, who is noted for his role in the Battle of Manila during the final days of World War II. Biography Yokoyama was born in Fukuoka Prefecture as the eldest son of a village ma ...

: Commanding General, Shinbu Group (Fourteenth Area Army command)

Northeastern Army District Headquarters (Japan Proper)

* Sinichi Tanaka: attached to Northeastern Army District Headquarters (Japan Proper)

Northern District Army Command

: concurrently Commanding General, Northern District Army Command

Western Army District HQ

Kanji Nishihara are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequent ...

: attached to Western Army District Headquarters

Western District Army Command

Shizuo Sakaguchi Shizuo (written: , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese immunologist *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese writer *, Japanese printmaker *, Japanese aikidoka *, Japanese-born American math ...

: attached to Western District Army Command

Central District Army Headquarters

* Joichiro Sanada: Central District Army Headquarters

Central District Army Command

: concurrently Commanding General, Central District Army Command

Chosen Army District

: concurrently Commanding General, Chosen District Army Command

War Ministries

Munitions Minister

: Concurrent chief of the Munitions Ministry, as Army figure in same Ministry *

Nobusuke Kishi was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1960. Known for his exploitative rule of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in Northeast China in the 1930s, Kishi was nicknamed the "Monster of the Shō ...

: As sometimes replaced at Gen Tojo in lead of Munitions Minister * Ginjirō Fujiwara: in charge of the Munitions Ministry *

Shigeru Yoshida (22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. Yoshida was one of the longest-serving Japanese prime ministers, and is the third-long ...

: Munitions Minister *

Teijirō Toyoda was a career naval officer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1941 and as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Early life Toyoda was born in Wakayama Prefecture as the son of a former samurai retain ...

: Marine and Munitions Ministry, as Navy figure in such Ministry * Takijiro Ohnishi: Chief of naval aviation development, a division of the Munitions Ministry; also father of the "

Kamikaze , officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to d ...

" special forces *

Chikuhei Nakajima , was a Japanese naval officer, engineer, and politician, who is most notable for having founded Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1917, a major supplier of airplanes in the Empire of Japan. He also served as a cabinet minister. Biography Nakajim ...

: Munitions Minister and aircraft industrialist as linked with Army

Material Section, War Ministry

Hiroo Sato Hiroo may refer to: * Hiroo (given name), a masculine Japanese given name * Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo, a neighborhood in the Shibuya district of Tokyo * Hiroo Station, a subway station in Tokyo. * Hiroo, Hokkaidō is a town located in Tokachi Su ...

: Chief, Material Section, War Ministry

Sagami Army Arsenal

: Chief, Sagami Army Arsenal

Tokyo Army Arsenal

Kijirō Nambu was a Japanese firearms designer and career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. He founded the Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company, a major manufacturer of Japanese military firearms during the period. He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Trea ...

: Chief, Tokyo Army Arsenal; he also founded and led

Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company Nambu may refer to: Firearms * Nambu pistol, a Japanese firearm * New Nambu M60, a Japanese revolver * New Nambu M66 * Nambu Type 90 * Type 94 Nambu pistol * 7×20mm Nambu * 8×22mm Nambu People with the surname * Chūhei Nambu (1904–1997) ...

during wartime

Army Remount Department

Minoru Sasaki sometimes referred to as Noburo Sasaki, was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography Sasaki was born in Hiroshima Prefecture and studied at Shudo Junior and Senior High School. He graduated from the 26th ...

: Member, Army Remount Department

Inspector General of Chemical Warfare

: Inspector General of Chemical Warfare * Kazumoto Machijiri: Inspector General of Chemical Warfare

Officer in Inspectorate General

Shinichi Tanaka is a Japanese ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and oth ...

: Chief of Staff, Inspectorate General, LOC

Army Section, Imperial General Headquarters

: Staff officer in the Army Section of the Imperial General Headquarters

Ōita PW Internment Camp Staff

* Akira Mutō: member of Ōita PW Internment Camp staff

Army Allied Prisoner of War Information Bureau

Hitoshi Hamada Hitoshi (written: , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese baseba ...

: Deputy Chief Supervisor of Allied Prisoner of War Information Bureau Army Commanders of Military Prisons and POW Camps in occupied territories *Lieutenant-General Igatu: General Officer Commanding Prisoner of War Camps Philippines *Shinpei Fukei: Commandant Prisoner of War Camps, Singapore *Major-General Arimina: Commandant Changi Jail, Singapore

War Minister

: Minister of War * Senjuro Hayashi: Minister of War *

: Minister of War *

Kazushige Ugaki was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and cabinet minister before World War II, the 5th principal of Takushoku University, and twice Governor-General of Korea. Nicknamed Ugaki Issei, he served as Foreign Minister of Japan in the ...

: Minister of War *

: Minister of War

Deputy Minister of War

: Deputy Minister of War

Vice-Minister of War

Yoshinori Shirakawa was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Early life and education Shirakawa was born as the third son of an ex-''samurai'' of Matsuyama Domain in Iyo, Ehime, Shikoku. He attended Matsuyama Middle School, but was forced to leave wi ...

: Vice-Minister of War * Mikio Furusho: Vice-Minister of War * Toranosuke Hashimoto: Vice-Minister of War *

: Vice-Minister of War *

: War Vice-Minister *

: Vice-Minister of War *

Heisuke Yanagawa was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Japanese forces under Yanagawa's command committed the 1937 Nanking Massacre. Biography Born in what is now part of Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture, Yanagawa was raised in Ōita Pr ...

: War Vice-Minister * Hyotaro Yamada: War Vice-Minister *

: War Vice-Minister *

: War Vice-Minister * Masataka Yamawaki: War Vice-Minister

Secretary to the War Minister

* Joichiro Sanada: Secretary to War Minister; concurrently Adjutant in the same Ministry; Aide to the War Minister; Staff Officer, Tokyo Garrison Command *

: Secretary to the War Minister; Adjutant, War Ministry * Joichiro Sanada: Aide to War Minister, IGHQ *

: Adjutant to the War Minister *

Yoshio Kozuki was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army, who commanded the 17th Area Army in Korea from April 1945 until the end of World War II. Life Yoshio Kozuki became an infantry officer in 1909 and was a language officer in Germany. He serve ...

: Secretary to the War Minister; Adjutant, War Ministry *

: Adjutant, War Ministry; Secretary to the War Minister; Governor, Tokyo Metropolitan area * Yozo Miyama: Senior Adjutant, War Ministry * Okitsugu Arao: Secretary to the War Minister

Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry

* Kenryo Sato: Chief, Army Affairs Bureau *

Kitsuju Ayabe was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography Early career Ayabe graduated from the 27th class of the Army Cavalry School in October 1917. On receiving his commission as Second lieutenant, he was posted to the 12th ...

: Member, Army Affairs Section *

Tetsuzan Nagata was a Japanese military officer and general of the Imperial Japanese Army best known as the victim of the Aizawa Incident in August 1935. Nagata was an influential military figure in the Meiji government and the '' de facto'' leader of the ...

: Chief, Military Affairs Bureau *

: Chief, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

: Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

: Chief, Military Administration Bureau, War Ministry *

Masahiko Takeshita Lt. Col. was the head of the domestic affairs section of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. In August 1945, he helped plan a ''coup'', the Kyūjō incident, along with Major Kenji Hatanaka and a handful ...

: Chief of the Domestic affairs section of the Military Affairs Bureau * Machijiri Kazumoto: Chief of Army Affairs Section, Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War and Head of Military Affairs Bureau, in same Ministry *

: Head of Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War *

Kenji Hatanaka (28 March 1912 – 15 August 1945) was a Japanese military officer and one of the chief conspirators in the Kyūjō incident, a plot to seize the Imperial Palace and to prevent the broadcast of Emperor Hirohito's surrender speech to mark the ...

: Officer in Military Affairs Section *

: assigned to the Military Affairs Bureau *

Tadamichi Kuribayashi General was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, part-time writer, haiku poet, diplomat, and commanding officer of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. He is best known for having been the commander of the Japanese garrison at the bat ...

: Member, Military Affairs Bureau *

Renya Mutaguchi was a Japanese military officer, lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and field commander of the IJA forces during the Battle of Imphal. Biography Mutaguchi was a native of Saga Prefecture. He graduated from the 2 ...

: Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

: Chief, Military Affairs Bureau *

Hidemitsu Nakano was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in the Southwest Pacific during the closing months of the war. Biography Nakano was born in Saga Prefecture, where his father was a former samurai retainer to Saga ...

: Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

: Section Member, Military Affairs Bureau * Kengo Noda: Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

Hideyoshi Obata was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Biography Obata was the fifth son of a Chinese language scholar from Osaka prefecture. He attended military preparatory schools and graduated from the 23rd class of the Imperial Japa ...

: Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

Sanji Okido Sanji may refer to: * Changji or Sanji, city in Xinjiang, China * Sanji, Fujian, village in Nanping, Fujian, China * Sanji (director), Sanji Senaka, an American music video director * Sanji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name * Sanji ( ...

: Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry * Joichiro Sanada: Chief, Military Affairs Bureau *

: Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

: Chief, Military Affairs Bureau *

: Member, Military Affairs Bureau * Teiichi Suzuki: Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry * Sizuichi Tanaka: Member, Military Affairs Bureau *

Yuitsu Tsuchihashi was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Biography Early career Tsuchihashi was born in Saga prefecture and graduated from the 24th class of Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1912 and the 32nd class of the Army War ...

: Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

: Member and Chief, Army Affairs Section, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

: Chief, Defense Section, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

Isamu Yokoyama was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific War. Biography Yokoyama was born in Chiba Prefecture as the son of a colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army; h ...

: Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

: Head of Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War *

Isamu Chō was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army known for his support of ultranationalist politics and involvement in a number of attempted coup d'états in pre-World War II Japan. Biography Chō was a native of Fukuoka prefecture. He graduated ...

: Attached to Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War

Economic Mobilization Bureau in War Ministry and related sections

: Section Chief (Conscription), War Ministry *

: Section Chief, Economic Mobilization Bureau *

: Chief, Materiel Mobilization Bureau, War Ministry *

: Section Chief, Economic Mobilization Bureau, War Ministry *

: attached to Army Technical Department *Toshishiro Obata: Chief, Operations Bureau, Army General Staff * Joichiro Sanada: Member, War Ministry Maintenance section; Chief, Army Affairs Section, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry *

: Ordnance Bureau, War Ministry, Army Ordnance Main Depot, Mechanized Department *

: Army Ordnance, Administration Department * Kenryo Sato: Chief, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry * Teichii Suzuki: Military Affairs Bureau; concurrently Member of the Cabinet Research Board *

: Chief, Military Service Section, War Ministry *

: Ordnance Bureau, War Ministry *

: Economic Mobilization Bureau, War Ministry; Section Chief, Planning Bureau, Cabinet Resources Board

Personal Bureau of War Ministry

* Yaezo Akashiba: Member, Personnel Bureau *

: Chief, Personnel Bureau *

: Chief, Assignments Section, Personnel Bureau, War Ministry * Tan Nukata: Chief, Personnel Bureau, War Ministry *

: attached to Personnel Bureau, War Ministry *

: Chief, Personnel Bureau

Press Relations Branch, Ministry of War

: Chief of Press Relations Branch, Ministry of War

Army Field Marshal

:- Field Marshal *

Nobuyoshi Mutō '' Gensui'' Baron was Commander of the Kwantung Army in 1933, Japanese ambassador to Manchukuo, and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Mutō was born in an ex''-samurai'' family from Saga Domain. After graduating from th ...

:- Field Marshal

Provost Marshal General

: Provost Marshal General * Fusataro Teshima: Provost Marshal General (LtGen) * Shigeru Taiboku: Provost Marshal General * Toranosuke Hashimoto: Provost Marshal General, later the Japanese first priest in Shintoist central Shrine in Hsinking, led the Cultural Japanese entity in Manchukuo, amongst operative leader of Manchoukouan Intelligence services.

General Affairs Bureau, Provost Marshal Headquarters

* Fusataro Teshima: Chief, General Affairs Bureau, Provost Marshal Headquarters

Inspectorate General of Military Training

: Vice-Chief Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Inspector General of Military Training *

: Inspector General of Artillery Training *

: Inspector General of Signal Training *

: Deputy Chief, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Department Chief, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Section Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Artillery Department, Office of Military Training * Kenzo Kitano: Section Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Office of Military Training * Jinsaburo Mazaki: Section Chief, Office of Military Training; also Inspector General of Military Training * Akira Mutō: Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training * Ichiro Shichida: Section Chief, Inspectorate General of Military Training * Tokomatsu Shigeta: Inspector General of Artillery Training *

: Chief, 2nd Section, Inspectorate General of Military Training * Sinichi Tanaka: Section Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training *

: Inspector General of Military Training *

: Office of Cavalry Training (Inspectorate General of Military Training) *

: Inspector-General of Cavalry Training

Imperial Army-Navy military teaching and training services units

See:

Military instructors and trainers of the Empire of Japan {{unreferenced, article, date=January 2008 A list of Imperial Army-Navy personnel with responsibility for military teaching and training of new recruits. Commandants and Directors in Army War College (Japan), Army War College *Sadao Araki:- Comman ...

Army Officers in Reserve list

: retired, March 1936, later enter in politic activities *

: placed on reserve list, 1936, later recalled *

: In 1936 put on reserve list with rank of general *

: transferred to reserve list, January 1941; recalled to active duty *

Keisuke Fujie was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Fujie’s wife was the daughter of Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki. Biography Fujie was born in Hyōgo prefecture and graduated from the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Acade ...

: retired, April 1945; recalled to active duty *

: transferred to First Reserve List, August 1943 *

: retired, December 1944; later recalled *

: retired, 1938; recalled to active duty, 1938–40 *

: unassigned list, March 1943; transferred to first reserve list, April 1943 * Teiichi Suzuki: transferred to first reserve list *

: retired, December 1944 *

: placed on reserve list, 1942 * Ichiro Shicida: retired, April 1945; recalled to active duty *

: relieved of all military and political posts, July 1944; retired to first reserve list * Kioji Tominaga: transferred to first reserve list (Formosa), May 1945 *

: retired to first reserve list, July 1938 *

Yoshitoshi Tokugawa 200px, Lieutenant General Baron Tokugawa Yoshitoshi Baron was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. He is credited with having made the first flight in a powered aircraft in Ja ...

: Was entered on Reserve list (1939), for later retirement to civilian life (1939). He was called to operational service during 1944–45.

Army

Deputy Chief of Army General Staff

Jun Ushiroku was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Born in what is now part of the city of Nantan, Kyoto prefecture, as the fourth son of a farmer, Ushiroku attended military preparatory schools in Osaka, and graduated from the 17th class ...

: Senior Deputy Chief of Army General Staff * Hikosaburo Hata: Second Deputy Chief of Army General Staff *

: Deputy Chief of Army General Staff *

: Deputy Chief of Army General Staff

Chief of Army General Staff

: Chief of the Army General Staff *

: Chief of Army General Staff *

: Chief of Army General Staff

Bureau Chief of Army General Staff

: Bureau Chief of Army General Staff

1st Bureau Chief of Army General Staff

: Head 1st Bureau General Staff * Morikazu Amano: Chief 1st Section General Staff

2nd Bureau Chief of Army General Staff

* Seizo Arisue: Head 2nd Bureau General Staff *

: Head 2nd Bureau General Staff

Vice Chief of Army General Staff

Kiyoshi Imai Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi. Possible meanings *'' Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry *Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific Possible writings *清, "cleanse" *淳, "pure" *潔, "undefiled" *清志, ...

: Vice Chief of Army General Staff * Nobuyushi Muto: Vice Chief of Army General Staff

Army General Staff

Hideo Iwakuro was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He is also known as one of the founders of the Kyoto Sangyo University. Biography Early career Iwakuro was born on Kurahashi-jima in the Inland Sea (then part of Aki Coun ...

* Muraji Yano * Saburo Hayashi *

Hatazō Adachi was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Early career Adachi was born into an impoverished family, originally descended from samurai, in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1890 (the 23rd year of the reign of Emperor Meiji, which is ...

* Okitsugu Arao *

Tadasu Kataoka was a Japanese career diplomat and cabinet minister of Meiji-era Japan. Early life He was born Satō Shingoro in Sakura city, Shimōsa Province (present-day Chiba prefecture),Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. ...

* Kiyotake Kawabe *

Seiichi Kita was a Lieutenant-General in the Imperial Japanese Army, who commanded the Japanese First Area Army from September 1944 until the end of World War II. He died as a prisoner in the Soviet Union. Life Kita Seiichi became an infantry officer in 1907 ...

* Kenzo Kitano *

Kuniaki Koiso was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea and Prime Minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945. After Japan's defeat in World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Early lif ...

* Shuichi Miyazaki * Takeshi Mori *

* Akira Mutō *

* Mitsuo Nakazawa *

* Kengo Noda * Shihei Oba *

* Ichiro Shichida *

* Teiichi Suzuki *

Shizuichi Tanaka was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Japanese Military Governor of the Philippines during World War II. Biography Early life and military service Tanaka was born in Issai village, Hyōgo prefecture (now part of the city of Tatsun ...

Kumaichi Teramoto was a Japanese Lieutenant General during World War II. Career Kumaichi Teramoto joined the Imperial Japanese Army in 1910, being commissioned into the infantry. In 1921, he graduated the Japanese War College and became a colonel in the IJA. Even ...

* Kyoji Tominaga *

deputy Chief-of-Staff of China Expeditionary Army in October 1940. * Toshimichi Uemura *

20th Group - War Coordination, Army General Staff

* Makoto Matsutani: Chief, 20th Group-War Coordination, Army General Staff

Operations Section, Army General Staff

* Seijun Inada: Chief of Operations Section, Army General Staff

Third Section-Organization and Mobilization, Army General Staff

* Yozo Miyama: Chief, Third Section (Organization and Mobilization), Army General Staff *

: Section Chief, Third Section (Organization and Mobilization), Army General Staff

Chief of General Intelligence Bureau in Army General Staff

* Seizo Arisue: Chief of General Intelligence Bureau in Army General Staff

Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Army General Staff

Major General Okamoto Major (Commandant (rank), commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with ...

: Chief, Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Army General Staff, at the time of the outbreak of the

Pacific War The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the vast ...

. His staff consisted of Colonel Kotani, Navy officer Captain Onoda, and Mr.Yosano, Foreign Office Chancellor. * Seizo Arisue: Chief, Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Army General Staff *

: Chief of the Cryptographic Section (Intelligence Division), Army General Staff

Russian unit of Second Bureau (Intelligence Division) Army General Staff

* Saburo Hayashi: Commander of Russian unit, Second Bureau (Intelligence) Army General Staff Japanese Army Intelligence Services units *

, the highest operative Chief in Japanese Army Intelligence Services in wartime * Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi as the underground, supreme chief and secret agent in

Japanese Secret Service The , also known as Kempeitai, was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945 that also served as a secret police force. In addition, in List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan, Japanese-occupied territories, ...

in Manchukuo * Toranosuke Hashimoto as Operative Commander of Manchoukouan Secret services under the lead of Prince Takeda amongst Kempeitai services *

Staff Officer (Operations/Intelligence), Kwantung Army *

Chief, Special Service Agency, Hailar, Kwantung Army *

Chief of the Special Service Agency, Kwantung Army in Harbin *

leader of Special Services Agency in Manchukuo *

Michitarō Komatsubara was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, during the Nomonhan Incident. Biography A native of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, where his father was a naval engineer, Komatsubara graduated from the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Acad ...

intelligence chief of Special Services Agency in Harbin for some time * Noboyushi Obata (Shinryo) chief of Special Services Agency in Harbin * Kanji Tsuneoka Directed the Mongol department of Kwantung Army in land and native saboteurs and secret agent units * Hiroshi Akita Chief of German Section of Japanese Military Intelligence in this period *

Masayoshi Yamamoto is a Japanese male artistic gymnast, representing his nation at international competitions. He won the gold medal in the Pommel horse event at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), ...

Led the Matsu Kikan (Pine Tree) Secret Agency, under command of 19th Army, with HQ in Ambon (

Dutch Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

) * Jinzo Nomoto intelligence officer sent by a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army to Tibet and Sinkiang

Army Technical Research Institute

* Lieutenant-General Gondo:Director 9th Dept Army Technical Research Institute * Yoshikazu Nishi: Head of General Affairs Bureau in Technical Research Institute

Third Bureau (Logistics), Army General Staff

* Tan Nukata: Chief, Third Bureau-Logistics, Army General Staff * Goro Isoya: Chief, Third Bureau-Logistics, Army General Staff

Railways and Shipping section, Army General Staff

* Okitsugu Arao: Section Chief (Railways and Shipping), Army General Staff

Army Ordnance and Army Shipping Department

: Commanding General, Shipping Transportation Headquarters *

: Army Ordnance, Administration Department; Chief, Army Shipping Department Shipping Transportation Headquarters * Hideo Baba: General Officer Commanding Army Maritime Transport Command * Hakaru Gondo: Commanding Officer 13th Shipping Group

Chairman of the Military Affairs Bureau

: Military Affairs Bureau and Economic Mobilization Bureau * Kenryo Sato: Chief of the Military Affairs Bureau, Government Planning Board *

: Chief, Military Administration Section, Military Administration Bureau *

: Military Affairs Bureau * Akiho Ishii: Chief, Military Affairs Section, War Ministry * Okitsugu Arao: Chief, Army Affairs Section, Military Affairs Bureau * Susumu Nishiura: Chief, Army Affairs Section, War Ministry * Tan Nukata: Chief, General Affairs Bureau *

: Section Chief, Military Affairs Bureau *

: Military Affairs Bureau and Military Administration Bureau; member Military Administration Bureau *

: Section Member, Military Affairs Bureau; Inspector General of Chemical Warfare *

: Chief, Defense Section, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry

Commanders Officer Army Home Stations

* Masao Iwasa: Commanding Officer Tokyo Home Station * Jinzaburo Ishitani: Commanding Officer Tsu Home Station, Commanding Officer Ujiyamada Home Station, Commanding Officer Yokkaichi Home Station * Juzo Hirata: Commanding Officer Shibata Home Station * Seiji Ikehama: Commanding Officer Ashigawa Home Station and Commanding Officer Obihiro Home Station * Keinosuke Iizuka: Commanding Officer Akita Home Station * Tomejiro Hishiki: Commanding Officer Wakamatsu Home Station *

Jūrō Gotō was a major-general in the Japanese Imperial Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Biography A native of Yamagata prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the 19th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1907. From 1934 to 1935 Gotō was comma ...

: Commanding Officer Kofu Home Station * Hisao Harada: Commanding Officer Matsumo Home Station, Commanding Officer Muramatsu Home Station and Commanding Officer Takeda Home Station

Army Aeronautical Department

Administrative Chief of Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department *

: Chief, Army Aeronautical Department *

: Chief, Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department *

: Chief, Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department * Takuma Shimoyama: Chief Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department * Michio Sugawara: Chief Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department *

: Chief, Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department *

: Member, Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department *

: Chief, Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department *

: Chief, Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department * Tsuneori Kaya: Attached to Administration, Army Aeronautical Department, Ministry of War Chief of the Army Aviation Headquarters *

: Chief of the Army Aviation Headquarters Inspectorate General of Army Air Force *

: Inspector General of Army Aviation *

: Deputy Chief, Inspectorate General of Air Force *

: Inspector General of Army Aviation *

: Inspector General of Army Aviation Air Armies General Commanders *

: Commanding General,

Air General Army ''Kōkū Sōgun'' , image = , caption = , dates = 1945 , country = Empire of Japan , allegiance = Emperor of Japan , branch ...

, (took charge of Army air operations in homeland, Chosen and

Ryukyus The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...

) *

: Commanding General, First Air Army *

: Commanding General, Second Air Army (Manchuria) *

: Third Air Army General Commander * Michio Sugawara: Third Air Army Commander and Sixth Air Army Commander. Between March and May 1945, General Sugawara was engaged in the Ten-Go Air Operation, under the Commander-in-Chief,

Combined Fleet The was the main sea-going component of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Until 1933, the Combined Fleet was not a permanent organization, but a temporary force formed for the duration of a conflict or major naval maneuvers from various units norm ...

: Commanding General, Fourth Air Army * Kyoji Tominaga: Fourth Air Army Commander * Takuma Shimoyama: At end of World War II, he was Commanding General (LtGen), Fifth Air Army, stationed in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

, Chosen * Prince Un Yi: General Officer Commanding First Air Army Air Groups Commanders * Michio Sugawara: First Air Group Commander *

: Commanding General, Second Air Group (LtGen) *

: Fifth Air Group Commander and Third Air Group Commander Air Regiment Commanders * Michio Sugawara: LtCol (Air Force), Regimental Commander, 6th Air Regiment (Colonel) *

Rikishi Tsukada was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Tsukada was born in Ishikawa Prefecture. In May 1916, he graduated from the 28th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the in ...

: LtCol/Colonel (Air Force) Officer attached to 7th Air Regiment; later 7th Air Regiment Commander *

: Regimental Commander, 8th Air Regiment (Colonel, Air Force) * Takuma Shimoyama: Regimental Commander, 16th Air Regiment *

: Regimental Commander, 16th Air Regiment *

: Commanding Officer 1st Air Regiment Air Force Brigade Commanders * Michio Sugawara: Brigade Commander, 2nd Air Brigade, Brigade Commander, 3rd Air Brigade Air Force Staff Officers *

: Member of Staff of the Air General Army *

: Chief of Staff, First Air Group * Takuma Shimoyama: Staff Officer, Air Force * Michio Sugawara: Department (MajGen), Staff Officer, Air Force administration Officer Attached to Second Air Group HQ *

: Colonel (Air Force) --attached to Second Air Group Headquarters Commanding Officer in Air Battalion *

: Commanding Officer 2nd Air Battalion Acting General Officer Commanding Army Aviation Corps *

: Acting General Officer Commanding Army Aviation Corps and General Officer Commanding Army Aviation Corps Air Force Commanders, Directors and instructors in Air Schools *

: Commandant, Akeno Army Air School, Commanding General, same school (MajGen) * Michio Sugawara: Commandant, Shimoshizu Army Air School and Commandant, Military Air Academy and Air Training Army Commander *

: Director/Superintendent, Hamamatsu Army Air School (MajGen) *

: Instructor, Hamamatsu Army Air School *

: Commandant of Akeno Army Aviation School and Commandant of Tokorozawa Army Aviation School, Director of Training Department, Tokorozawa Army Aviation School, Commandant of Central Army Aviation School Chief of Army Aeronautical Department (operative unit) * Takuma Shimoyama: Chief, Army Aeronautical Department (MajGen) * Himeji Sugiyama: Chief, Army Aeronautical Department * Michio Sugawara: Chief, Army Aeronautical Department *

: Chief, Army Aeronautical Department Deputy Chief of Army Aeronautical Department * Michio Sugawara: Deputy Chief of Army Aeronautical Department Chief of Second Bureau, Army Aeronautical Department *

: Chief, Second Bureau, Army Aeronautical Department Chief of Army Air Technical Laboratories *

: Chief, Army Air Technical Laboratories Technicals and Experts in Army Aeronautical Sciences * Michio Sugawara: Major (Air Force); Section Chief, Army Aeronautical Department *

: LtCol (Air Force), Officer attached; later member of Army Aeronautical Department *

: Officer attached to Army Air Technical Laboratories (MajGen) *

: Director of the Research Department, Tokorozawa Army Aviation School Imperial Japanese Army Air Force units 64th Sentai units (Bangkok Airfield, 1941) *Major/Lieutenant Colonel

Tateo Katō was a Japanese ace army aviator, credited with at least 18 aerial victories and who was honored posthumously by an award of the Order of the Golden Kite. Biography Katō was born and raised in present-day Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. His father Sergeant ...

: Group leader *Captain Katsumi Anma: Group Leader *Sergeant Shigeaku Wakayama *Lieutenant Hiroshi Okuyama *Lieutenant Tadashi Kataoka *Captain Haruyasu Maruo *Captain Yasuiko Kuroe *Lieutenant Yohei Hinoki *Lieutenant Takeshi Endo *Sergeant Aikichi Misago *Sergeant Yoshiko Yasuda *Sergeant Chikara Goto * Corporal Hirano Kurai Chutai, 502nd Sentai unit (Nakatsu Airfield, 1945) *Staff Sergeant Joten Naito Hane Chutai, 2nd Air Army unit (Hsinking East Airfield, 1945) * Captain Kamata

Kwantung Army Commanders (until 1945)

* Taka Hishikari: Commander in Chief Kwantung Army * Nobuyushi Muto: Commander in Chief Kwantung Army *

Kenkichi Ueda was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He played an active role in the Soviet-Japanese Border Wars of the late 1930s. Biography Born in Osaka prefecture, Ueda attended the predecessor of Hitotsubashi Un ...

: Commander of Kwantung Army *

: Commander of Kwantung Army * Yoshitake Muraoka: Commander of Kwantung Army * Senjuro Hayashi: Commander of Kwantung Army, Prime Minister *

: Commander of Kwantung Army, War Vice Minister *

: Commander of Kwantung Army; concurrently Official Ambassador to Manchukuo *

: Commander of Kwantung Army *

: Commander of Kwantung Army * Takuma Shimoyama: Kwantung Army Headquarters; Adviser, Manchukuoan Military Administration Bureau *

: Commander of Railway Sector Headquarters, Kwantung Army * Atazo Adachi: Commander, Kwantung Army Railroad Command

Kwantung Government-General Administration

: Officer (Major), Kwantung Government-General *

: Army Staff Officer, Kwantung Government-General *

: Officer, assigned to Kwantung Government-General * Saburo Ando: Commandant of Port Arthur * H.Ukita: Commander of Ryojun Naval Guard District and Station For a complete structure see: *

Organization of the Kwantung Army of Japan Organization of the Kwantung Army which was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army of Japan. The following are commanders and units of the Japanese army which was stationed in the Kwantung peninsula of Manchuria from 1910 to 1945. Officers ...

Structures in other Japanese armies

See: * Structure of the Taiwan Army of Japan *

Organization of the Imperial Japanese Army, Hokkai (North) region Field armies of Japan, Northern Military units and formations established in 1940 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 ...

* Organization of the China Garrison detachment of the Imperial Japanese Army (to 1937) * Structure of the Japanese Army in Mengjiang * Organization of Japanese Expeditionary forces in China *

Organization of Japanese forces in Southeast Asia Organization of Japanese forces in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II. Southern Army Command (Indochina HQ) *Hisaichi Terauchi, Commander of Southern Army * Seiichi Aoki, Assistant Chief of Staff Southern Army * Kitsuju Ayabe, Vice Ch ...

Organization of the Imperial Japanese Navy Alaskan Strike Group Organization of Japanese Alaskan Strike Group (Aleutians) Japanese Navy units in the Alaskan Operation Commander in Chief, Navy Alaskan Strike Group *Boshiro Hosogaya:-Commander-in-Chief, Navy Alaskan Strike Group, Aleutian Campaign 1st Support ...

* Structure of the Imperial Japanese forces in the South Seas Mandate * Organization of Japanese defensive units in Okinawa

Police

Commander in Chief of Kempeitai units

Kesago Nakajima was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese forces under Nakajima's command committed the 1937 Nanking Massacre. Biography A native of Oita prefecture, Nakajima attended military preparato ...

: Since 1921–41 lead the Kempeitai operation inside Japan and Asia during wartimes * Kenzo Kitano: Military Police (Gendarmerie) Commander, China Forces *

: Commanding General, Military Police, Kwantung Army *

: Commander, Military Police * Takeshi Mori: Deputy Chief, Military Police Headquarters *

: Chief, General Affairs Bureau; Military Police Forces Headquarters; Commander, Kwantung Army Military Police Units; Commander, Military Police Forces (LtGen) *

: Chief, General Affairs Bureau, Military Police; Headquarters, Kwantung Army; Commander, Kwantung Army Military Police * Moto Inkai: General Officer Commanding Kempeitai unit, Chosen * Rokuro Iwasa: Commander in Chief Kempeitai Forces, Tokyo Hq * Tuyoji Hirano: Commanding Officer Kempeitai Section 25th Army, Sumatra

Tokeitai police service units

* Isoge Taro:- Operative leader of Joho Kyoko (Japanese naval intelligence) and Tokeitai (naval military police)

Imperial Guards unit

: Company Commander, 1st Infantry Regiment, Imperial Guard Division, during Russo-Japanese War * Jinsaburo Mazaki: Regimental Commander, 1st Infantry, Imperial Guard Division * Makino Shiro: Battalion Commander, 4th Imperial Guard Infantry Regiment *

: Regimental Commander, 4th Infantry, Imperial Guard Division, General Officer Commanding 2nd Imperial Guards Division *

: Regimental Commander, 3rd Imperial Guards (Colonel); Chief of Staff, Imperial Guard Regiment; Chief of Staff, Imperial Guard Division *

: Regimental Commander, 2nd Imperial Guards unit * Fusataro Teshima: Imperial Guard Division Commander * Kioji Tominaga: Infantry Regiment Commander, 2nd Imperial Guards * Akira Mutō: Imperial Guard Division Commander; 2nd Imperial Guard Division Commander *

Nobuyoshi Obata Nobuyoshi (written: 信吉, 信芳, 信義, 信喜, 信由, 経惟) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese photographer and artist *, Japanese chief executive *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese com ...

: Commanding Officer, Transportation Regiment, Imperial Guard Division *

: Commander, Imperial Guard Cavalry Regiment; Commander, Imperial Guard Reconnaissance Regiment *

: Commanding General, 2nd Imperial Guard Depot Division (LtGen) * Takeshi Mori: Commanding General, 1st Imperial Guard Division, killed during abortive coup d'état launched against him at Imperial Palace * Major-General Imaye Chief of Staff 2nd Imperial Guards Division, Malaya *

: Commanding Officer 5th Imperial Guards Regiment, Malaya * Chikara Hiraoka: Chief Military Affairs Department 1st Imperial Guards Division * Yaezo Akashiba: General Officer Commanding 1st Imperial Guards Division, Tokyo *

: General Officer Commanding 1st Imperial Guards Division * Susumu Harada: Commanding Officer 3rd Imperial Guards Brigade * Teiko Itada: General Officer Commanding Imperial Guards Division, China * Prince Un Yi: Commanding Officer 2nd Imperial Guards Brigade * Machijiri Kazumoto: Commanding Officer Imperial Guards Artillery Regiment * Tsuneori Kaya: General Officer Commanding 2nd Imperial Guards Depot Division *

: General Officer Commanding Imperial Guards Division *

Kazuo Mizutani was chief of staff to Takeshi Mori, commander of the First Imperial Guards Division, at the end of World War II. Mizutani was in his office, listening to Col. Masataka Ida's explanation of a plot to prevent Japan's surrender, when Gen. Mori wa ...

: Chief of Staff, First Imperial Guards Division in Eastern District Army

Commander of Keishicho Civil Police forces

* Juzo Nishio: Governor of the Tokyo metropolitan area *

: Home Affairs Minister *

: Home Affairs Minister * Saburo Ando : Home Affairs Minister *

Tsuneo Matsudaira was a Japanese diplomat of the 20th century. Diplomatic and political career The son of Lord Matsudaira Katamori of Aizu, Tsuneo served as Japanese Ambassador to the United States. In 1929–1935 served as Ambassador to Britain, and in that ...

: Home Affairs Minister * Akira Kazami: Justice Ministry *

: Justice Ministry *

: Justice Minister

Operative Chief of Keishicho Civil Police units

* Tsukio Tomioka: Operative Keishicho Police Chief in Tokio metropolitan area * Sergeant Kiyokawa: Keishicho Officer Police

Tokko police service unit

: Since 1921–41 lead the State Police (Tokko) operations inside Japan and Asia during wartimes *

Officer Maruyama An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," fr ...

: underground unit, in Censorship department in Tokko Intelligence service, in Tokyo, Japan

Marine Ministries

War Relief Association

: adviser to War Relief Association

Marine Ministers

* Shigetarō Shimada:

Ministry of the Navy of Japan The was a Cabinet (government), cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). It existed from 1872 to 1945. History The Navy Ministry was created in April 1872, along ...

; Commandant in Kure and Yokosuka Naval Districts; Commander, China Navy Area Fleet; Chief of Naval General Staff *

: Marine Minister * Takasumi Oka: Marine minister *

: Marine Minister * Koshiró Oikawa: Marine Minister *

Naokuni Nomura was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and briefly served as Navy Minister in the 1940s. Biography Nomura was born in Hioki, Kagoshima prefecture. He graduated from the 35th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 20 November ...

: Marine Minister *

: Marine Minister; Commander-in-Chief, First Expeditionary Fleet (

Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...

River); Commander Yokosuka and Sasebo Naval District; Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet; Imperial and Supreme War Councilor; Ex-Prime Minister and political adviser

Vice-Marine Ministers

: Vice-Minister of Navy *

Shigeyoshi Inoue was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was commander of the Japanese 4th Fleet and later served as Vice-Minister of the Navy. A noted naval theorist, he was a strong advocate of naval aviation within the Japanese N ...

: Vice-Minister of Navy

Private Secretary to the Minister of the Navy

* Sokichi Takagi: Private Secretary to the Minister of the Navy

Navy Admirals of the Fleet

Navy Admirals

* Koshiro Oikawa *

* Saito Makoto *

* Chuichi Nagumo * Shigetarō Shimada *

Hiroaki Abe was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Early career Abe was born in Yonezawa city in Yamagata prefecture in northern Japan. He graduated from the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1911, ...

Navy Staff College's Research Department

* Sokichi Takagi: Member in Navy Staff College's Research Department

Third Department in Marine Ministry

* Shigetarō Shimada: Chief of Third Department in Marine Ministry

Bureau of Naval Affairs

Nobuzo Tohmatsu was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II who went on to become an accountant and a namesake of the global auditing firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, today the world's largest professional services company. Biography Born in T ...

: Chief of Naval Affairs

Bureau of Naval Supply

: Chief of Bureau of Naval Supply

Bureau of Naval Accounting

: Chief of Bureau of Naval Accounting

Naval Aviation Bureau

* Eikitchi Katagiri: Chief of Naval Aviation Bureau * Kazume Kinsei: Officer of Naval Aviation Bureau. Created some plans for bombing strikes against territory of the United States Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force units Fighter Unit (Carrier Akagi, 1941) *Lieutenant Commander Shigeru Itaya Tainan Air Corps (Denpasar Airfield, 1942) *1st Class Petty Officer

Saburō Sakai was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace (''"Gekitsui-O"'', ) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28–64 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to official Japanese records, but his autobiography, ''Samura ...

Yokosuka Air Corps (Yokosuka Airfield, 1943) *Warrant Officer/Instructor

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa was a Japanese naval aviator and an ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II. Nishizawa was known to his colleagues as 'the Devil' for his breathtaking, brilliant, and unpredictable aerobatics and superb control of hi ...

253rd Air Corps (Rabaul Airfield, 1944) *Warrant Officer

Tetsuzō Iwamoto Lieutenant Junior Grade was one of the top scoring aces among Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) fighter pilots. He entered the Imperial Navy in 1934 and completed pilot training in December 1936. His first combat occurred over Chi ...

303 Squadron, 203rd Air Corps (Kagoshima Airfield, 1945) *Captain-Petty Officer Tanimizu

Navy General Staff's Intelligence Division

: Chief of the Navy General Staff's Intelligence Division Japanese Navy Secret Service units * Isoge Taro:- Operative leader of Joho Kyoko (Japanese naval intelligence) and Tokeitai (naval military police) * Captain Onoda: Navy figure, in the Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Japanese Army * Kanyei Chuyo: Commander in Japanese Navy Secret services. Directed the 8th Section "Yashika". Between this unit stay the "Tokyo Gimusho" office (the "Australian Section") linked with Japanese Naval Intelligence Staff under command of Imperial Navy General Staff. The office had orders to researching any affairs of the

British Empire The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

and

Pacific Area Coast Guard Pacific Area & Defense Forces West (PACAREA) is an Area Command of the United States Coast Guard, a regional command element and force provider tasked with maritime safety, security, and stewardship throughout the Pacific. The comma ...

Japanese Imperial Navy's Advisory Bureau on Jewish Affairs

* Inuzuka Koreshige: member of Japanese Imperial Navy's Advisory Bureau on Jewish Affairs

Operation Section of Naval General Staff

: Chief, of Operation Section of Naval General Staff

Plans Division Office of Operation Section in Naval General Staff

Sadatoshi Tomioka Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Tomioka was born in Hiroshima, but was raised in Nagano prefecture. His father, Admiral Tomioka Sadayasu had been ennobled by Emperor Meiji for services in the Russ ...

: Chief in Plans Division Office of Operation Section in Naval General Staff;he was proposer and support plans for

Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Au ...

Invasion.

Naval Research Section

* Sokichi Takagi: Chief of Naval Research Section

Technical Council in Navy Technical Department

: Member, Technical Council, Navy Technical Department, Yokosuka Naval Station

Naval Aviation Development Division in Munitions Ministry

* Takijiro Ohnishi: Chief of the Naval Aviation Development Division in the Munitions Ministry; was the Japanese Navy figure in same ministry

President of Japanese Naval Staff College

: President of the Japanese Naval Staff College

Navy Officers in Reserve list

: Navy officer placed on reserve list * Shigetarō Shimada: retired to Reserve, January 1945 (at own request);

Navy

Chief of Naval General Staff

: Chief of Naval General Staff *

Abo Kiyokazu Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, who served as Ministry of the Navy of Japan, Navy Minister in the early 1930s. Biography Abo was born in Saga Prefecture as Sawano Yasusaburō, where his father was the commandant of the milita ...

: Chief of Naval General Staff * Shigetarō Shimada: Chief of Naval General Staff *

: Chief of Naval General Staff *

Jisaburō Ozawa was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was the last Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet. Ozawa has been noted for his unusual height, measuring in at over tall, although his exact height has not been reliabl ...

: Chief of Naval General Staff *

: Chief of Naval General Staff

Staff Officer of Naval General Staff

* Shigetarō Shimada: Staff Officer of Naval General Staff *

: Staff Officer of Naval General Staff

Vice-Chief of Naval General Staff

* Shigetarō Shimada: Vice-Chief, Naval General Staff *

Seiichi Itō was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the flag officer of the task force centered around the battleship on her final mission towards the end of World War II. Biography Early career Born in Miike County Takada Town (present da ...

: Vice-Chief of Naval Staff *

: Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff

Naval General Staff

Tamon Yamaguchi was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi′s carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He subsequently participated in th ...

: Member, Naval General Staff * Shigetarō Shimada: Member, Naval General Staff *

: Member, Naval General Staff *

: Member, Naval General Staff * Prince Nobuhito: Officer attached to Naval General Staff

Commander-in-Chief of Combined Fleet

: Commander-in-Chief of Combined Fleet, *

: Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet and, concurrently, First Fleet * Shigetarō Shimada: Chief of Staff 1st Fleet—Chief of Staff, Combined Fleet *

: Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet *

: Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Vice-Commander of Combined Fleet

: Vice-Commander of the Combined Fleet

Chief of Staff of Combined Fleet

* Shigetarō Shimada: Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet * Ryunosuke Kusaka: Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet *

: Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet

Commander of First Naval Fleet

: Commander of First Naval Fleet * Chuichi Nagumo: Commander of First Naval Fleet *

: Commander of First Naval Fleet

Commander of 2nd Naval Fleet

: Commander of 2nd Naval Fleet *

: Commander of 2nd Naval Fleet

Commander of 3rd Naval Fleet

: Commander of 3rd Naval Fleet

First Naval Air Fleet

* Chuichi Nagumo: Commander of the First Naval Air Fleet *

Kiyohide Shima was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography A native of Miyazaki prefecture, Shima was a graduate of the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1911, ranking 69th out of 148 cadets. As a midshipman, h ...

: Commander of the First Naval Air Fleet *

Kinpei Teraoka , better known by the stage name , was a Japanese voice actor born in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. He was employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. Between the ages of three and six, Azusa was trained in the theatre. At the age of fi ...

: Commander of the First Naval Air Fleet * Takijiro Ohnishi: Commander of the First Naval Air Fleet

Senior Staff Officer of the First Naval Air Fleet

Tamotsu Oishi was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Born in Kōchi Prefecture, Oishi graduated from the 48th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1920, with a ranking of 13th out of a class of 171 cadets. ...

: Senior Staff Officer of the First Naval Air Fleet

Second Navy Air Fleet

: Commander of the Second Navy Air Fleet

Fifth Navy Air Fleet

: Commander of the Fifth Navy Air Fleet

11th Navy Air Fleet

Nishizō Tsukahara , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Tsukahara was born in Fukui Prefecture, but his official residence was Kofu city, Yamanashi Prefecture, where he was raised. Tsukahara graduated from the 36th class of ...

: Commander of the 11th Navy Air Fleet *

Jinichi Kusaka , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Fellow Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka was his cousin. Biography A native of Ishikawa Prefecture, Kusaka graduated from the 37th class of the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy, ranked 21s ...

: Commander of 11th Navy Air Fleet

26th Air Flotilla

* Masafumi Arima: Commander of the 26th Air Flotilla

Fourth Naval Fleet

* Shigeyoshi Inouye: Commander of Fourth Navy Fleet

Eighth Naval Fleet

Gunichi Mikawa was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Mikawa was the commander of a heavy cruiser force that won a spectacular IJN victory over the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Navy at the Battle of Savo Island in Ir ...

: Commander of Eighth Naval Fleet * Sentaro Omori: Commander of Eighth Naval Fleet

Third Destroyer Flotilla

Matsuji Ijuin Baron was a commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, who was promoted posthumously to vice admiral after being killed in action in combat off Saipan. Life and military career Born in the Kōjimachi district of Tokyo, Ijui ...

: Commander of Third Destroyer Flotilla

China Navy Area Fleet

* Shigetarō Shimada: Commander, China Area Fleet

1st Carrier Division

* Chuichi Nagumo: Commander of 1st CarDiv *

: Senior staff officer in the 1st Carrier Division

Carrier Division Three

* Sueo Obayashi: Commander of CarDiv Three *

: Commander of 3rd CarDiv

1st CarDiv

* Chuichi Hara: Commander of 1st CarDiv *

: Commander of 1st CarDiv

2nd Carrier Unit

Kakuji Kakuta , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He is noted for his role in commanding Japanese naval aviation units in the Pacific War. Biography Kakuta was a native of rural Minamikanbara, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He gra ...

: Commander of 2nd Carrier Unit

3rd Destroyer Flotilla

* Shintaro Hashimoto: Commander of 3rd Destroyer Flotilla *

: Commander of 3rd Destroyer Flotilla

2nd Destroyer Group

Tameichi Hara was an Imperial Japanese Navy, Imperial Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War and the author of the IJN manual on torpedo attack techniques, notable for his skill in torpedo warfare and night fighting. Hara was the only IJN destroyer ...

: Commander of 2nd Destroyer Group

10th Destroyer Flotilla

Susumu Kimura , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He commanded Destroyer Squadron 10 which participated in several important naval battles at the Battle of Midway, Guadalcanal Campaign, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Biography ...

: Commander of 10th Destroyer Flotilla

10th Destroyer Unit

: Commander of 10th Destroyer Unit

22nd Destroyer Division

* Rear Admiral Shima: Commander of 22nd Destroyer Division

6th Destroyer Flotilla

Sadamichi Kajioka was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He directed Japanese forces involved in the Battle of Wake Island. Biography A native of Ehime prefecture, Kajioka graduated from the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Ac ...

: Commander of 6th Destroyer Flotilla

2nd Destroyer Unit

Raizo Tanaka Raizo or Raizō is a Japanese-origin masculine given name. It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name or its variants include: * Raizo Ichikawa, Japanese film and kabuki actor * Raizo Matsuno (松野頼三 Matsuno Raizō; 1917 - 2006), ...

: Commander of 2nd Destroyer Unit "Tokyo Express"

3rd Destroyer Flotilla

* Shintaro Hashimoto: Commander of 3rd Destroyer Flotilla

4th Destroyer Division

* Kosaku Aruga: Commander of 4th Destroyer Division

4th Destroyer Flotilla

* Tamotsu Takama: Commander of 4th Destroyer Flotilla

5th Cruiser Division

Takeo Takagi was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Takagi was a native of Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture. He was a graduate of the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranking 17th of 148 cadets in 1911. A ...

: Commander of 5th Cruiser Division *

Aritomo Goto Aritomo (written: 有朋 or 存知) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese general and Prime Minister of Japan {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...

: Commander of 5th Cruiser Division

18th Cruiser Division

* Rear Admiral Marushige: Commander of 18th Cruiser Division

8th Cruiser Division

: Commander of 8th Cruiser Division * Tadaichi Hara: Commander of 8th Cruiser Division

6th Cruiser Division

: Commander of 6th Cruiser Division

4th Cruiser Division (1st section)

: Commander of 4th Cruiser Division

5th Cruiser Division

: Commander of 5th Cruiser Division * Sentaro Omori: Commander of 5th Cruiser Division

7th Cruiser Division

Takeo Kurita was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Kurita commanded IJN 2nd Fleet, the main Japanese attack force during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history. Biography Early life Takeo Kurita ...

: Commander of 7th Cruiser Division *

Shoji Nishimura A is a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture, consisting of translucent (or transparent) sheets on a lattice frame. Where light transmission is not needed, the similar but opaque ''fusuma'' is used (oshiire/ ...

: Commander of 7th Cruiser Division

1st Battleship Division

: Commander of 1st Battleship Division

3rd Battleship Division (1st section)

: Commander of 3rd Battleship Division

3rd Submarine Sqdn

Teruhisa Komatsu Marquis was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. Born as HIH Kitashirakawa-no-miya Teruhisa, as the younger son of HIH Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, his title was devolved from royal status that that of the ''kazoku'' pe ...

: Commander of 3rd Submarine Sqdn

5th Submarine Sqdn

* Daigo Tadashige: Commander of 5th Submarine Sqdn

13th Submarine Sqdn

* Takeharu Miyazaki: Commander of 13th Submarine Sqdn

First Submarine Fleet

* Tatsunosuke Ariizumi: Commander of First Submarine Fleet

Sixth Submarine Fleet

* Daigo Tadashige: Commander of Sixth Submarine Fleet

1st Transport Group

* Kunizo Kanaoka: Commander of 1st Transport Group

2nd Transport Group

* Shigoroku Nakayama: Commander of 2nd Transport Group

3rd Transport Group

: Commander of 3rd Transport Group

Seaplane Tender Group

* Riutaro Fujita: Commander of Seaplane Tender Group

Minesweeper Group

* Sadatomo Miyamoto: Commander of Minesweeper Group

First Naval Striking Force

: Commander of First Naval Striking Force (

Battle of Leyte Gulf The Battle of Leyte Gulf ( fil, Labanan sa golpo ng Leyte, lit=Battle of Leyte gulf; ) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. It was fou ...

, Philippines Campaign)

Officer in Japanese Vessel Raiders Force(1941-42)

: He assigned the lead of

Aikoku Maru was an armed merchant cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The ship entered service in 1940, the ship was later converted to an ammunition ship. She was sunk in February 1944 during Operation Hailstone. Design ''Aikoku Maru'' ...

, unit in Japanese Vessel Raiders Force during the Navy Raiding campaign in the Indian Seas area. *See List of Japanese Auxiliary Cruiser Commerce Raiders

Sasebo 7th Special Naval Landing Force

* Takeo Sugai: Commander of Sasebo 7th Special Naval Landing Force

Chief of Staff of the Maizuru Naval Base

* Sokichi Takagi: chief of staff of the Maizuru Naval Base *

: chief of Staff of the Maizuru Naval District

First Naval District

Michitaro Totsuka was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. Biography Tozuka was a native of the former Sendagaya Village in Tokyo, now part of Shibuya. He graduated 33rd out of 149 cadets in the 38th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval ...

: Commander of the First Naval District

Kure and Yokosuka Naval Districts

* Shigetarō Shimada: Commandant, Yokosuka and Kure Naval Districts *

: commanded Yokosuka Naval District

Sasebo Naval District

: commanded Sasebo Naval District

Sasebo Naval Yard

: commanded Sasebo Naval Yard

Yokosuka Naval Base

: Commander of the Yokosuka Naval Base

Kure Naval Base

Ibō Takahashi was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Takahashi was a native of Fukushima prefecture, born in a family of Eastern Orthodox faithful. His name "Ibō" was Chinese transliteration of "John". His father was a ...

: Commander of the Kure Naval Base

Chinkai Naval Station (Chosen)

: Vice-Admiral, commanded Chinkai Naval Station ( Chosen)

Ryojun Naval Station (Kwantung)

* H.Ukita: Vice-Admiral, commanded Ryojun Naval Station (

Kwantung The Kwantung Leased Territory ( ja, 關東州, ''Kantō-shū''; ) was a leased territory of the Empire of Japan in the Liaodong Peninsula from 1905 to 1945. Japan first acquired Kwantung from the Qing Empire in perpetuity in 1895 in the Trea ...

)

Central Government Ministries

Kodoha ideological advisers in government

* Jinsaburo Mazaki *

Chief of Cabinet Secretary

: Chief of Cabinet Secretary

Welfare Minister;)

: Education, Welfare and Home Minister, as well as chief secretary to the ''

Naidaijin The , literally meaning "Inner Minister", was an ancient office in the Japanese imperial court, Japanese Imperial Court. Its role, rank and authority varied throughout the pre-Meiji period, Meiji period of Japanese history, but in general remain ...

'' and last proper ''Naidaijin'' (Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal). He is recognised as one of the principal supporters of General Tojo's policies. During his period as Home Affairs Minister, he commanded the ''

'' (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department), and national civil police forces.

Minister of Education

: charge of Minister of Education; Company Commander, 1st Infantry Regiment, Imperial Guard Division, during the Russo-Japanese War; principal nationalist thinker and right-wing political adviser in the country; War minister; founder of

Kokuhonsha The was a nationalist political society in late 1920s and early 1930s Japan. History The ''Kokuhonsha'' was founded in 1924 by conservative Minister of Justice and President of the House of Peers, Kiichirō Hiranuma. It called on Japanese pat ...

(Society for the Foundation of the State) right-wing

secret society A secret society is a club or an organization whose activities, events, inner functioning, or membership are concealed. The society may or may not attempt to conceal its existence. The term usually excludes covert groups, such as intelligence a ...

: Minister of Education *

: concurrently Minister of Education

Imperial Youth Federation/Imperial Youth Corps

: Imperial Youth Federation and Imperial Youth Corps Chief; in charge of young nationalist and militarists local indoctrination, following official doctrines amongst Minister of Education policies.

Minister of State Affairs

: Minister of State Affairs

Finance Minister

* Okinori Kaya:

Finance Minister A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

, also opium dealer to the

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

and government supporter * Kazuo Aoki: Finance Minister * Ikeda Shigeaki Minister of Finance. *

Masatsune Ogura was a Japanese politician and business man. In 1930 he became the president of Sumitomo Group. During his period as president the company developed into a zaibatsu. The Ogura family served as retainers for the Nishio Clan which held possessi ...

: Finance Minister (with

Sumitomo The is one of the largest Japanese ''keiretsu'', or business groups, founded by Masatomo Sumitomo (1585-1652) around 1615 during the early Edo period. History The Sumitomo Group traces its roots to a bookshop in Kyoto founded circa 1615 by Masa ...

Clan Links) * Seihin Ikeda: Ex-Finance Minister, also political adviser (other figure of

Zaibatsu is a Japanese language, Japanese term referring to industrial and financial vertical integration, vertically integrated business conglomerate (company), conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed control over signi ...

groups in government)

Government Finances and Economics Entities

'National Economic policies' *

: Political Adviser charged with composing new economic policies, and Chief of Economic Project Department and Chief of Cabinet Secretary 'Planning Bureau in Cabinet Resources Board' *

: Chief of Planning Bureau in Cabinet Resources Board 'Member in Cabinet Research Board' * Teiichi Suzuki: concurrently Member, Cabinet Research Board, 'Imperial Planning Institute' * Takazo Numata: Head of 1st Department, Planning Institute '1st Department, Planning Institute (Cabinet Research Board Unit)' * Takazo Numata:Chief of 1st Department, Planning Institute Unit, inside of Cabinet Research Board 'Cabinet Planning Board' * Sumihisa Ikeda: President of Cabinet Planning Board * Kenryo Sato: President of Central Government Cabinet Planning Board for sometimes * Teiichi Suzuki: President of the Cabinet Planning Board,

Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In o ...

(Without Portfolio); also providing guidance for

Wang Ching-wei Wang Jingwei (4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944), born as Wang Zhaoming and widely known by his pen name Jingwei, was a Chinese politician. He was initially a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang, leading a government in Wuhan in oppositi ...

's new regime at

Nanking Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, also Imperial nominee to the House of Peers 'First Bureau, Cabinet Planning Board' *

: Chief of First Bureau, Cabinet Planning Board 'General Affairs Bureau, Cabinet Planning Board' *

: Chief of General Affairs Bureau, Cabinet Planning Board 'Secretary-General of the Asia Development Board' * Teiichi Suzuki: Secretary-General of the Asia Development Board 'Political Affairs Section of the Asia Development Board' * Teiichi Suzuki: first Chief of the Political Affairs Section of the Asia Development Board (China Affairs Board) *

: Chief of Political Affairs Section of the Asia Development Board

Commerce and Industry Minister

Ichizō Kobayashi , occasionally referred to by his pseudonym , was a Japanese industrialist and politician. He is best known as the founder of Hankyu Railway, the Takarazuka Revue, and Toho. He served as Minister of Commerce and Industry between 1940-1941. Li ...

: Commerce and Industry Ministry (also chairman of Tokyo Gasu Denky); ardent follower of

Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then ...

´s doctrines * Seizo Sakonji: Commerce and Industry Minister (Army figure in government) *

: Commerce and Industry, Foreign Affairs Minister and Marine Minister, (with

Mitsui is one of the largest '' keiretsu'' in Japan and one of the largest corporate groups in the world. The major companies of the group include Mitsui & Co. ( general trading company), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nippon Paper Industri ...

Clan connection) *

: Minister of Commerce and Industry * Ikeda Shigeaki: Minister of Commerce and Industry *

: Minister of Commerce and Industry

Government Industry, Commerce and Trading Organizations

'Nan-yo Kyokai' * Fujiyama Raita: Vice-president of "Nan-yo Kyokai" (South Seas Society), as government-Navy Trade Agency in South Seas Mandate 'Nanyo Sangyo Kaisha' * Masaichi Hanaoka Directing Manager of Nanyo Sangyo Kaisha in Tokyo, Japan 'Nanyo Kohatsu Kaisha' * Haruji Matsue Directing-Manager of Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha (South Seas Developing Company)

Minister of Trade

: Minister of Trade

Minister of State (without portfolio)

* Teiichi Suzuki:

(Without portfolio) in central government * Kasiburo Ando: Minister of State without Portfolio *

: Minister of State without Portfolio * Toji Yasui: Minister of State without Portfolio

Minister of Agriculture

* Yoriyasu Arima: Leader in

Imperial Farmers Association Agriculture in the Empire of Japan was an important component of the pre-war Japanese economy. Although Japan had only 16% of its land area under cultivation before the Pacific War, over 45% of households made a living from farming. Japanese culti ...

, political adviser, later

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

Communications Minister

Shōzō Murata was a Japanese entrepreneur, cabinet minister and diplomat before, during and after World War II. Biography Murata was a native of Tokyo and a graduated the Tokyo Higher Commerce School (now Hitotsubashi University) in 1900.Osaka Shosen Kaisha Mitsui O.S.K. Lines ( ja, 株式会社商船三井, Kabushiki-gaisha Shōsen Mitsui; abbreviated MOL) is a Japanese transport company headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the largest shipping companies in the world. MO ...

Company, insider of

Clan) * Nobofumi Ito: Chief of

Information Department An information school (sometimes abbreviated I-school or iSchool) is a university-level institution committed to understanding the role of information in nature and human endeavors. Synonyms include school of information, department of informati ...

* Koh Ishii: Ex servant in Foreign Affairs Ministry; was Official Government spokesman 'Official Journalists' * Teiichi Muto: Official Journalist in

Asahi Shimbun is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and ...

and Japan Times and Advertiser * Shiro Mashida: Official journalist in

* Masanori Ito: Official Journalist and Director in Japan Times and Mail * Akinaru Jisawa: Official journalist in Chungai Shogyo 'Support writers and military experts' * Yasuo Mishina: Military strategist *

Tadashi Saito is a Japanese rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and ...

: Army expert * Otsughi Narita: Military thinker *

Kinoaki Matsuo was a Foreign Affairs Officer and Navy Admiralty Liaison, Black Dragon Society member, writer, and Japanese Navy strategizer. ''How Japan Plans to Win'' In 1940 Kinoaki Matsuo published a book on how Japan planned to win a war with the United St ...

: Navy Theoretician 'Official war correspondent' * Eiji Suzuki: a war correspondent for

Yomiuri Shimbun The (lit. ''Reading-selling Newspaper'' or ''Selling by Reading Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are t ...

in wartimes

President of International Cultural Relations Society

* Aisuke Kabayama: President of International Cultural relations Society

Justice Minister

* Akira Kazami: Justice Minister,

Fumimaro Konoye Duke, Prince was a Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister. During his tenure, he presided over the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the breakdown in relations with the United States, w ...

partner, led the

(Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department) *

: Justice Minister; commander of the Keishicho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department), and leader in

(Imperial Rule Assistance Association) group *

: Minister of Justice for sometimes

Home Affairs Minister

* Takejiro Tokonami: Home Affairs Minister; founder of Kokusui-kai, one of Yakuza organization. Greater Japan Patriotic Society * Kiichiro Hiranuma: Prime Minister, with

Japanese Navy , abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) ...

support; also Home Affairs Minister; also chief of the

(Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department), also founder and leader in the " Shintoist Rites Research Council" organization * Saburo Ando: Home Affairs Minister *

: Home Affairs Minister *

: Home Affairs Minister

Diet members

* Kishi Nobusuke: was a Diet member who co-signed the declaration of war against the United States * Chikao Fujisawa: Member of

Diet Diet may refer to: Food * Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group * Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake ** Diet food, foods that aid in creating a diet for weight loss ...

(Parliament), supporter of

State Shinto was Imperial Japan's ideological use of the Japanese folk religion and traditions of Shinto. The state exercised control of shrine finances and training regimes for priests to strongly encourage Shinto practices that emphasized the Emperor as ...

: Right-wing ideologist, also Imperial Youth Federation and Imperial Youth Corps leader; in charge of young nationalist and militarists local indoctrination, member of

and vice-president of Diet; instigator of the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister

: Foreign Affair Minister * Kijuro Shidehara Foreign Affairs Minister *

: concurrently Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Aoki Shūzō Viscount was a diplomat and Foreign Minister in Meiji period Japan. Biography Viscount Aoki was born to a '' samurai'' family as son of the Chōshū domain's physician in what is now part of Sanyō Onoda in Yamaguchi Prefecture). He studi ...

: Foreign Minister * Shigemitsu Mamoru: Foreign Minister *

: Foreign Minister *

: Minister of Foreign Affairs * Yosuke Matsuoka: Foreign Affairs Minister * Hachiro Arita: Foreign Affairs Minister, believer in the

Axis Powers The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were ...

alliance *

Shigenori Tōgō (10 December 1882 – 23 July 1950), was Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Empire of Japan at both the start and the end of the Axis–Allied conflict during World War II. He also served as Minister of Colonial Affairs in 1941, and assume ...

: Foreign Affairs Minister *

Kichisaburō Nomura was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was the List of ambassadors of Japan to the United States, ambassador to the United States at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Early life and career Nomura was born in Wakayama, Wakayama, ...

: Foreign Affairs Minister, also Japanese Ambassador in United States

Foreign Affairs Officers

Kanji Kato are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequent ...

: High-ranking official in Foreign Affairs Ministry * Kaoru Muramatsu: Official of the Research Section of Ministry of Foreign Affairs *

: Foreign Affairs officer, also intelligence unit when serving as liaison between the Japanese Foreign Office and the Admiralty; a

member * Mr.Yosano: Foreign Office high-ranking official;as liaison in IGHQ-Army/Navy Intelligence section. * Tomohiko Ushiba: Foreign Office high-ranking official * Toshikazu Kase: Foreign Ministry high-ranking official * Ishiguro Shiro: Foreign Ministry high-ranking official, and Civil Government expert in Jews Affairs in wartimes

Foreign Affairs Officers on Diplomatic Missions

: Industrialist and Government supporter in Diplomatic Mission to Ducht Indies (1940) * Yatsuji Nagai: Army attaché and Diplomatic in Matsuoka's mission to Europe and Russia *

: Army attaché and Foreign Affairs officer, provided diplomatic support to the Washington mission * Kaname Wakasugi: special aide to Nomura Mission to Washington *

Saburō Kurusu was a Japanese career diplomat. He is remembered now as an envoy who tried to negotiate peace and understanding with the United States while the Japanese government under Emperor Shōwa was secretly preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor. As Imp ...

: special ambassador in diplomatic mission to Washington

Overseas ambassadors

: Ambassador to Nanking-China *

: Foreign Affairs Minister, also Japanese Ambassador in United States * Nabeshima Naohiro: a one-time Japanese ambassador to Italy * Toshio Shiratoru: Foreign Affairs Minister; Japanese Ambassador to Italy, diplomatic advisor and firm supporter of the Axis Powers alliance *

: Japanese ambassador in Italy and England *

Hiroshi Ōshima Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese ambassador to Germany before and during World War II and (unwittingly) a major source of communications intelligence for the Allies. His role was perhaps best summed up by General Geo ...

: Japanese Ambassador to Germany, also

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

follower and military attaché working for alliance between Japan and

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

(

Anti-Comintern Pact The Anti-Comintern Pact, officially the Agreement against the Communist International was an anti-Communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan on 25 November 1936 and was directed against the Communist International (Com ...

, 1937;

Tripartite Alliance The Tripartite Alliance is an alliance between the African National Congress (ANC), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). The ANC holds a majority in the South African parliament, while ...

, 1940) * Renzo Sawada: Japanese Ambassador in France for some time *

Naotake Satō was a Japanese diplomat and politician. He was born in Osaka, graduated from the Tokyo Higher Commercial School (東京高等商業学校, ''Tōkyō Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō'', now Hitotsubashi University) in 1904, attended the consul course of ...

: wartime Japanese Ambassador to the

U.S.S.R. The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

: Official Japanese Ambassador in

Peiping "Beijing" is from pinyin ''Běijīng,'' which is romanized from , the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various ...

(until 1937) and

French Indochina French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...

in 1940-41 * Yakichiro Suma: Japan's Ambassador in Spain * Morito Morishima: Japanese Ambassador in Portugal *

Mamoru Shinozaki was a journalist for Dentsu (later Dōmei) and spy for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in pre-war years, a military executive in Japanese-occupied Singapore, and a businessman and writer in post-war years. He is known for the in 1940, and fo ...

: Diplomat Officer, Japanese Embassy in

British Malaya The term "British Malaya" (; ms, Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century. U ...

Kwantung Army ''Kantō-gun'' , image = Kwantung Army Headquarters.JPG , image_size = 300px , caption = Kwantung Army headquarters in Hsinking, Manchukuo , dates = April ...

- concurrently Ambassador to

Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of (Great) Manchuria after 1934, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China, Manchuria from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic in 1932 afte ...

* Taka Hishikari:

Kwantung Army ''Kantō-gun'' , image = Kwantung Army Headquarters.JPG , image_size = 300px , caption = Kwantung Army headquarters in Hsinking, Manchukuo , dates = April ...

- Ambassador to Manchukuo *

Kumataro Honda Kumataro Honda () (1874-1948) was a Japanese diplomat. He served as the Japanese ambassador to Germany, with inaugural date of February 6, 1924. He later replaced Nobuyuki Abe, serving as the Japanese ambassador in Nanjing from 1940 to 1941 for t ...

: Japanese Ambassador in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

during

Wang Jingwei Wang Jingwei (4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944), born as Wang Zhaoming and widely known by his pen name Jingwei, was a Chinese politician. He was initially a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang, leading a government in Wuhan in oppositi ...

administration * Ryonosuke Seita: Japanese Diplomatic Officer in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

, Australia * Gen Debuchi Special Envoy to diplomatic mission to Australia

Military attachés in foreign service

See: Japanese military attachés in foreign service

Japanese Overseas Consul-Generals

* Mr.Loxton was European Honorary-Consul at Japanese service in Brisbane * Kojiro Inoue Japanese Consul-General in Sydney * Matatoshi Saito: Japanese Consul-General in Batavia (before 1941) * Yutaka Ishizawa: Japanese Consul-General in Batavia * Mr.Kita: Japanese Consul-General in Honolulu *

Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Second World War, Sugihara helped thousands of Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to them so that they could travel through Japan ...

: Japanese Consul-General in Kovno, Lithuania

Japanese Overseas Affairs Minister

* Kazuo Aoki: Ministry of Greater East Asia (Japan) *

: Minister for Colonization, later the Ministry of Greater East Asia (Japan)

Political Affairs Section of the Asia Development Board

* Teiichi Suzuki: Chief of the Political Affairs Section of the Asia Development Board (China Affairs Board), Secretary-General of the Asia Development Board

Governor-General in Exterior Provinces (1944-45)

: Governor-General of Chosen (Korea) *

: Governor-General of

Kwantung Leased Territory The Kwantung Leased Territory ( ja, 關東州, ''Kantō-shū''; ) was a leased territory of the Empire of Japan in the Liaodong Peninsula from 1905 to 1945. Japan first acquired Kwantung from the Qing Empire in perpetuity in 1895 in the Trea ...

Toshio Otsu Toshio is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Toshio can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *敏夫, "agile, man" *敏男, "agile, man" *敏雄, "agile, male" *俊夫, "sagacious, man" *俊雄, "sagaci ...

: Governor-General of

Karafuto Karafuto Prefecture ( ja, 樺太庁, ''Karafuto-chō''; russian: Префектура Карафуто, Prefektura Karafuto), commonly known as South Sakhalin, was a prefecture of Japan located in Sakhalin from 1907 to 1949. Karafuto became t ...

(Sakhalin) *

: Governor-General of

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

(Formosa) *

Boshirō Hosogaya was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Hosogaya was born to a farming family in Nozawa, Nagano prefecture in 1888. He graduated from the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1908. He was ranked ...

: Governor-General of

South Seas Mandate The South Seas Mandate, officially the Mandate for the German Possessions in the Pacific Ocean Lying North of the Equator, was a League of Nations mandate in the "South Seas" given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following Wo ...

(Micronesia)

Tibetan Department (1942)

Japanese and foreign politician and military experts related to Buddhist and Tibetan topics group inside of foreign affairs ministry during 1942, for research the possibility of any operations or incursion in Tibet: * Aoki Bunkyo *Lt.col Ishiwara Kanji *Lt. Nomoto Jinzo * Goshima Tokujiro * Yamaji Yasujiro * Tsarong Shape *Regent Reting * Anchin Hultukhu * Dilowa Hutukhu

Japanese experts in Jewish Affairs (1938-42)

Military and Civil experts (Jewish & Manchurian Think Tank Groups)

*Captain Inuzuka Koreshige: Japanese Imperial Navy's Advisory Bureau on Jewish Affairs from March 1939 until April 1942. *Colonel Yasue Norihiro: Army expert in Jewish topics and anti-Semitic ideology, believing strongly in the ''

Protocols of the Elders of Zion ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' () or ''The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion'' is a fabricated antisemitic text purporting to describe a Jewish plan for global domination. The hoax was plagiarized from several ...

''. * Ishiguro Shiro: Foreign Ministry high-ranking official * Setsuzo Kotsuji:Government Officer, the only Japanese in the world at the time to speak and read Hebrew. *Lieutenant-Colonel Ishiwara Kanji *Colonel

*Industrialist

Yoshisuke Aikawa was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first president of the Nissan ''zaibatsu'' (1931–1945), one of Japan's most powerful business conglomerates around the time of the Second World War. Biogr ...

*Japanese Consul in

Kovno Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

*General

: Japanese Army contact with Manchu Jew anticommunist movement and its supporter.

East Jew leader and Japanese supporter in Manchukuo

Abraham Kaufman Dr. Abraham Josevich Kaufman (Абрам Иосифович Кауфман, b. November 22, 1885 – d. March 25, 1971) was a Russian-born medical doctor, community organizer and Zionist who helped protect some tens of thousands of Jews seeking saf ...

: Manchu Jew leader, founder of Far Eastern Jewish Council and Betarim Jew Zionists Movement.

1938 Five Minister Conference

At the 1938 Five Ministers' Conference, five of the most powerful men in Japan gathered to discuss the ideas and plans of their 'Jewish experts'. *Prime Minister Prince

*Foreign Minister

Hachirō Arita was a Japanese politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for three terms. He is believed to have originated the concept of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Biography Arita was born on the island of Sado ...

*Army Minister

*Naval Minister

*Minister of Finance, Commerce, and Industry Ikeda Shigeaki

German Liaison in Jewish topics (until 1942)

*Colonel

Josef Meisinger Josef Albert Meisinger (14 September 1899 – 7 March 1947), also known as the "Butcher of Warsaw", was an SS functionary in Nazi Germany. He held a position in the Gestapo and was a member of the Nazi Party. During the early phases of World War ...

: chief of the

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, was the

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liaison with Japanese military and government on the Jewish question. *Dr. Franz Joseph Spahn: leader-designee and political adviser of the

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(Nazi) party in Japan in that period.

Government Supporters

Other close military government collaborators

* Hiroshi Akita * Seizo Arisue *

* Gun Hashimoto * Saburo Hayashi * Masao Inaba * Seijun Inada * Akiho Ishii * Susumu Nishiura * Tokutaro Sakurai *

Kōtoku Satō was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Biography Early career Satō was born in Yamagata prefecture and attended military preparatory school in Sendai. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1913 ...

Mitsuru Ushijima was a Japanese general who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. He was the commanding general of the 32nd Army, which fought in the Battle of Okinawa during the final stages of the war. Ushijima's troops were defeated, ...

Masao Watanabe was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography Watanabe was the second son of a former samurai retainer of the Kishiwada Domain who became an elementary school teacher after the Meiji restoration. Watanabe ...

Hiromichi Yahara was the senior staff officer in charge of operations of the 32nd Japanese Army at Okinawa during the American invasion of that island during World War II. Defense of Okinawa Yahara, who had taught strategy at the Army War College, was assigne ...

* Yasuyo Yamazaki

Ultra-nationalist supporters close to the government

: ultra-nationalist and

supporter; later he was sent to Southeast Asia, in order to convey the Imperial message concerning the cessation of hostilities. *

: Right-wing partisan, also involved in the

Rape of Nanking The Nanjing Massacre (, ja, 南京大虐殺, Nankin Daigyakusatsu) or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as ''Nanking'') was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the Ba ...

, with

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direct orders to supervise operations along General

, one of Operative Commanders in area; later returned to China in order to convey the Imperial Message concerning the cessation of hostilities. * Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi: Nationalist follower; possibly was chief of Japanese Secret Services in Manchukuo, coordinated military and civil actions. Had a direct link with Imperial Family. Later sent to

, with orders to convey the Imperial Message concerning the cessation of hostilities, but decided instead to take action against

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forces in the area. *

: Right-winger, representative of the Emperor at High Command Conferences, also Chief of Naval General Staff of the Imperial Navy forces *

Yoshio Kodama was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous '' kuromaku'', or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th century, he was active in Japan's political arena and crimi ...

: Right-wing industrialist, ''

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'' chief and honorary

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, supporter of right-wing government policies * Ryoichi Sasakawa: Another right-wing follower, and

fascist Fascism is a far-right, Authoritarianism, authoritarian, ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist political Political ideology, ideology and Political movement, movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and pol ...

thinker *

: Ex-Prime Minister, Governor-General of Chosen and political advisor * Mitsuru Toyama: Founder of right-wing publishing firm '' Genyōsha'' and lator

, also political advisor of Greater Japan Patriotic Society, ''yakuza'' organization. * Tokutaro Kimura: Tokutaro Kimura Ex-Chief of Greater Japan Martial Virtue Society, ''

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'' section, also ex-Chief of Imperial Japan Bar Association.

Nobility members, entrepreneurs and other supporters of Government and military establishment

Nobility members

*Count Kabayama Aisuke *Count

*Count

*Count Yoriyasu Arima *Viscount Kazumoto Machijiri *Viscount

Kintomo Mushanokōji Viscount was a Japanese diplomat before and during World War II. Biography Mushanokōji was the third son in the 10th generation of aristocratic Mushanokōji family and born in Kōjimachi, Chiyoda, Japan. He graduated from the Law School of ...

*Baron

Tomoshige Samejima Vice Admiral Baron , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Samejima was the grandson of Iwakura Tomomi, and adopted by Admiral Samejima Kazunori a native of Satsuma Domain and noted figure in the Meiji restor ...

*Baron

Takeichi Nishi Colonel Baron was an Imperial Japanese Army officer, equestrian show jumper, and Olympic Gold Medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. He was a tank unit commander at the Battle of Iwo Jima and was killed in action during the defense of t ...

*Marquis

*Marquis Daigo Tadashige *Marquis

*Marquis

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Entrepreneurs

* Seihin Ikeda *

: (President of Tokyo Gasu Denky and

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group representative) *

;as

figure) *

: (

representative) *

: (representative of the

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group) *

: (Representative of

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group) * Fuji Fujisawa * Noburu Ohtani: (President of N.Y.K. and

Mitsubishi The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group historically descended from the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company which existed from 1870 ...

figure) * Fujiyama Raita:Private businessman with

links in South Seas Mandate *

:he was founded and led Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company during wartime

Other supporters

* Teiichi Muto: Government journalist in

and Japan Time and Advertiser Official News * Toshio Shiratoru: Adviser in Foreign Affairs ministry, also heavy believer of Axis Powers alliance and Overseas Ambassador * Yakichiro Suma: Spokesman in Foreign Affairs ministry; later official overseas Ambassador. * Koh Ishii: Ex servant in Foreign Affairs Ministry and official Government spokesman *

Shūmei Ōkawa was a Japanese nationalist and Pan-Asianist writer, known for his publications on Japanese history, philosophy of religion, Indian philosophy, and colonialism. Background Ōkawa was born in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan in 1886. He graduated from ...

: Ultranationalist and

thinker, believer in government and military policies * Akira Kazami: Konoye political partidaire and Justice Minister *

Fumio Gotō was a Japanese politician and bureaucrat, and briefly served as interim Prime Minister of Japan in 1936. Biography Born in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in ...

: Konoye political partner; also another

ideologist, supporter of Militarists *

: Right-wing and Army follower charged to compose the economic policies of

and Japan.

Notes

References

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