See main article: Emperor of Japan and Chrysanthemum Throne.
See main article: Gozen Kaigi.
President of the "Imperial Council" and "Imperial Throne Council of War" also the Emperor's representatives
Chairman of the Imperial Advisory Council
The following were closely involved in the government and military of Japan:
Vice-chairman of the Councilors of Court
Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of Kwantung Army, Minister of War, member of Imperial Privy Council amongst political adviser in Taisei Yokusankai
Prime Minister, also chief of secret services in the Black Dragon Society
Prime Minister; in his second term organized the Tonarigumi organization, Nation Service Society official government syndicate, and Taisei Yokusankai (Imperial Rule Assistance Association) group amongst official expert of Jews affairs
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
Imperial Army General, Prime Minister, member of Imperial Privy Council, political adviser in militarist Genro grouping and last Governor in Chosen
Imperial Navy Admiral, Prime Minister, Minister of Marine, Chief of War Relief Association, expert in Jews topics amongst Imperial and Supreme War Councillor
Prime Minister, Home Affairs Minister, Education Minister, Trade Minister, War Minister, Head of Kodoha Party; also Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Imperial Forces in same period, also led the Keishicho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); also was for some time head of the Munitions Ministry.
Prime Minister and head of Ministry of Greater East Asia (Japan), 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 in Minister Konoe period
Military Secretary to Prime Minister
See main article: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan.
See main article: Privy Council (Japan).
President of Privy Council
President of Privy Council
Last President of Privy Council
Privy Councillors
Privy Councillor
Privy Councillor
Privy Councillor
Privy Councillor
Privy Councillor
Privy Councillor
Privy Councilor
State Councillor
Imperial Aide to the Kōtaishi (Crown Prince)
See main article: Aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Japan.
Chief Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
Chief Aide-de Camp to the Emperor
Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
Senior Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
Aide-de-Camp to Prince Kotohito Kanin
Aide-de-Camp to Prince Yasuhito Chichibu
Aide-de-Camp/Adjutant to Field Marshal (Prince) Nashimoto
Aide-de-camp of Commander Komatsubara during Nomonhan Incident
See main article: Chamberlain of Japan.
Grand Chamberlain in period of Imperial Colors Incident
Grand Chamberlain
Grand Chamberlain
Grand Chamberlain
See main article: House of Representatives of Japan.
member of House of Representatives of Japan (government supporter)
member in House of Representatives of Japan, defender of official policies
See main article: House of Peers (Japan).
Member in House of Peers
Member of House of Peers (partner of government policies in first stages)
Imperial candidate to House of Peers
Member of House of Peers
Member in House of Peers
Member in House of Peers
Member in House of Peers
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Armed Imperial Forces
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.
Established in 1937
Commander
War Minister
War Minister
Japanese Army Strategic Thought Group
Aide to War Minister, IGHQ
Aide to War Minister, IGHQ
Staff officer IGHQ
Army Staff officer, IGHQ
Army Staff officer, IGHQ
concurrently Army Staff Officer, IGHQ
Army Staff Officer, IGHQ
Army Staff officer IGHQ
Operations Bureau's Organization and Mobilization Section, IGHQ
Chief of Operations Bureau's Organization and Mobilization Section, IGHQ
Chief of Operations Bureau's Organization and Mobilization Section, IGHQ
Russian Section of Intelligence Department, IGHQ
Chief of Russian Section of Intelligence Department, IGHQ
Army Inner Liaison (Army Section), Military Affairs Bureau, Army Ministry, IGHQ
Army inner liaison (Army Section), Military Affairs Bureau, Army Ministry, IGHQ
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff (Tokyo HQ)
Chief of Army General Staff
Chief of Army General Staff
Chief of Army General Staff
Chief of Army General Staff
Army Zone Commands
Army Regional Commands
Army Tactical Commands
General Command of Southern Army
Commander of Southern Army
Vice-Commander of Southern Army
Army Tactical Commands
Army High Level Inner Liaison with Army General Staff, IGHQ
Chief, First Bureau, Army General Staff Headquarters, attended operational liaison conference between IGHQ, Southern Army, and Fourteenth Area Army (Manila)
Marine Minister
Marine Minister
Japanese Navy Strategic Thinking Group
Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff (Tokyo HQ)
Chief of Navy General Staff
Chief of Navy General Staff
Chief of Navy General Staff
Chief of Navy General Staff
Vice-Chief of Navy General Staff
Navy General Staff of Combined Fleet (Japan, later Truk HQ)
Chief of General Staff of Combined Fleet
Vice-Chief of General Staff of Combined Fleet
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).
Chief, Second Section, (Army-Navy high level liaison) Army General Staff Headquarters; Staff Officer, IGHQ (Navy Section)
Inspectorate General of Military Training IGHQ
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
Section Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training
Office of Military Training
Section Chief, Office of Military Training; also Inspector General of Military Training
Inspector General of Military Training
Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training
Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training
Section Chief, Inspectorate General of Military Training
Inspector General of Artillery Training
Chief, 2nd Section, Inspectorate General of Military Training
Inspector General of Military Training
Office of Cavalry Training (Inspectorate General of Military Training)
Attached to Inspectorate-General of Military Training
Inspector-General of Military Training
Inspector-General of Military Training
Inspectorate General of Aviation IGHQ
Inspector general of Army Aviation
Inspector general of Army Aviation
Deputy Chief, Inspectorate General of Air Force
Inspector General of Army Aviation
Inspector General of Army Aviation
Inspector General of Army Aviation
Chief Secretary of Supreme War Council
Chief Secretary of Supreme War Council
Chief Secretary of Supreme War Council
Supreme War Councilor
Appointed to the Supreme War Council
Supreme War Councilor
Supreme War Councilor
Appointed to Supreme War Council
Supreme War Councilor
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member Supreme War Council
Member Supreme War Council
Member Supreme War Council
Member Supreme War Council
Member Supreme War Council
Member Supreme War Council
Member Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Member of the Supreme War Council
Military Councilors
Military Councilor
Military Councilor
Military Councilor
concurrently Military Councilor
concurrently Military Councilor
Military Councilor
Military Councilor
Military Councilor
Military Councilor
Military Councilor
Military Councilor
Military Councilor
Military Councilor
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
Appointed to Imperial War Council
Commander-in-Chief, Home Defense Headquarters
Commander-in-Chief, Home Defense Headquarters
Organization
Governor of the Tokyo metropolitan area; also was commander of civil law enforcement divisions in the metropolitan area, including Keishicho, Tokkō, Kempeitai and Tokeitai metropolitan units. The Imperial Guards remained under their own commander, who reported directly to the Emperor.
Commanding General, Tokyo Defense Army; concurrently Commanding General, Tokyo Divisional District
Commander Officer of Tokyo Defence Command
Staff Officer, Tokyo Garrison Headquarters
Staff Officer, Tokyo Garrison Command
Commanding General, Tokyo Bay Fortress, concurrently Commanding General, Tokyo Bay Detachment
Staff Officer, Tokyo Bay Fortress Detachment
Commanding General, Maizuru Fortified Zone
recalled to active duty, Commanding General, Tsushima Fortress
assigned to General Defense Command
Commanding General, Shinbu Group (Fourteenth Area Army command)
attached to Northeastern Army District Headquarters (Japan Proper)
concurrently Commanding General, Northern District Army Command
attached to Western Army District Headquarters
attached to Western District Army Command
Central District Army Headquarters
concurrently Commanding General, Central District Army Command
concurrently Commanding General, Chosen District Army Command
Concurrent chief of the Munitions Ministry, as Army figure in same Ministry
As sometimes replaced at Gen Tojo in lead of Munitions Minister
in charge of the Munitions Ministry
Munitions Minister
Marine and Munitions Ministry, as Navy figure in such Ministry
Chief of naval aviation development, a division of the Munitions Ministry; also father of the "Kamikaze" special forces
Munitions Minister and aircraft industrialist as linked with Army
Chief, Material Section, War Ministry
Chief, Sagami Army Arsenal
Chief, Tokyo Army Arsenal; he also founded and led Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company during wartime
Member, Army Remount Department
Inspector General of Chemical Warfare
Inspector General of Chemical Warfare
Chief of Staff, Inspectorate General, LOC
Staff officer in the Army Section of the Imperial General Headquarters
member of Ōita PW Internment Camp staff
Deputy Chief Supervisor of Allied Prisoner of War Information Bureau
Army Commanders of Military Prisons and POW Camps in occupied territories
See main article: Ministry of War of Japan.
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Minister of War
Deputy Minister of War
Vice-Minister of War
Vice-Minister of War
Vice-Minister of War
Vice-Minister of War
War Vice-Minister
Vice-Minister of War
Vice-Minister of War
War Vice-Minister
War Vice-Minister
War Vice-Minister
War Vice-Minister
War Vice-Minister
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
Aide to War Minister, IGHQ
Adjutant to the War Minister
Secretary to the War Minister; Adjutant, War Ministry
Adjutant, War Ministry; Secretary to the War Minister; Governor, Tokyo Metropolitan area
Senior Adjutant, War Ministry
Secretary to the War Minister
Chief, Army Affairs Bureau
Member, Army Affairs Section
Chief, Military Affairs Bureau
Chief, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Chief, Military Administration Bureau, War Ministry
Chief of the Domestic affairs section of the Military Affairs Bureau
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
Officer in Military Affairs Section
assigned to the Military Affairs Bureau
Member, Military Affairs Bureau
Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Chief, Military Affairs Bureau
Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Section Member, Military Affairs Bureau
Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Chief, Military Affairs Bureau
Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Chief, Military Affairs Bureau
Member, Military Affairs Bureau
Member, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Member, Military Affairs Bureau
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
Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
Head of Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War
Attached to Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War
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
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
Chief, Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
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
Member, Personnel Bureau
Chief, Personnel Bureau
Chief, Assignments Section, Personnel Bureau, War Ministry
Chief, Personnel Bureau, War Ministry
attached to Personnel Bureau, War Ministry
Chief, Personnel Bureau
Chief of Press Relations Branch, Ministry of War
- Field Marshal
- Field Marshal
- Field Marshal
- Field Marshal
- Field Marshal
- Field Marshal
- Field Marshal
Provost Marshal General
Provost Marshal General (LtGen)
Provost Marshal General
Provost Marshal General, later the Japanese first priest in Shintoist central Shrine in Xinjing, led the Cultural Japanese entity in Manchukuo, amongst operative leader of Manchoukouan Intelligence services.
Chief, General Affairs Bureau, Provost Marshal Headquarters
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
Section Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training
Office of Military Training
Section Chief, Office of Military Training; also Inspector General of Military Training
Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training
Member, Inspectorate General of Military Training
Section Chief, Inspectorate General of Military Training
Inspector General of Artillery Training
Chief, 2nd Section, Inspectorate General of Military Training
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
See: Military instructors and trainers of the Empire of Japan
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
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
transferred to first reserve list
retired, December 1944
placed on reserve list, 1942
retired, April 1945; recalled to active duty
relieved of all military and political posts, July 1944; retired to first reserve list
transferred to first reserve list (Formosa), May 1945
retired to first reserve list, July 1938
Was entered on Reserve list (1939), for later retirement to civilian life (1939). He was called to operational service during 1944–45.
Senior Deputy Chief of Army General Staff
Second Deputy Chief of Army General Staff
Deputy Chief of Army General Staff
Deputy Chief of Army General Staff
Chief of the Army General Staff
Chief of Army General Staff
Chief of Army General Staff
Chief of Army General Staff
Bureau Chief of Army General Staff
Head 1st Bureau General Staff
Chief 1st Section General Staff
Head 2nd Bureau General Staff
Head 2nd Bureau General Staff
Vice Chief of Army General Staff
Vice Chief of Army General Staff
Chief, 20th Group-War Coordination, Army General Staff
Chief of Operations Section, Army General Staff
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
Chief, Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Army General Staff, at the time of the outbreak of the Pacific War. His staff consisted of Colonel Kotani, Navy officer Captain Onoda, and Mr.Yosano, Foreign Office Chancellor.
Chief, Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Army General Staff
Chief of the Cryptographic Section (Intelligence Division), Army General Staff
Commander of Russian unit, Second Bureau (Intelligence) Army General Staff
Japanese Army Intelligence Services units
Director 9th Dept Army Technical Research Institute
Head of General Affairs Bureau in Technical Research Institute
Chief, Third Bureau-Logistics, Army General Staff
Chief, Third Bureau-Logistics, Army General Staff
Section Chief (Railways and Shipping), Army General Staff
Commanding General, Shipping Transportation Headquarters
Army Ordnance, Administration Department; Chief, Army Shipping Department Shipping Transportation Headquarters
General Officer Commanding Army Maritime Transport Command
Commanding Officer 13th Shipping Group
Military Affairs Bureau and Economic Mobilization Bureau
Chief of the Military Affairs Bureau, Government Planning Board
Chief, Military Administration Section, Military Administration Bureau
Military Affairs Bureau
Chief, Military Affairs Section, War Ministry
Chief, Army Affairs Section, Military Affairs Bureau
Chief, Army Affairs Section, War Ministry
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
Commanding Officer Tokyo Home Station
Commanding Officer Tsu Home Station, Commanding Officer Ujiyamada Home Station, Commanding Officer Yokkaichi Home Station
Commanding Officer Shibata Home Station
Commanding Officer Ashigawa Home Station and Commanding Officer Obihiro Home Station
Commanding Officer Akita Home Station
Commanding Officer Wakamatsu Home Station
Commanding Officer Kofu Home Station
Commanding Officer Matsumo Home Station, Commanding Officer Muramatsu Home Station and Commanding Officer Takeda Home Station
Administrative Chief of Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department
Chief, Army Aeronautical Department
Chief, Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department
Chief, Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department
Chief Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department
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
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
Inspector General of Army Aviation
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, (took charge of Army air operations in homeland, Chosen and Ryukyus)
Commanding General, First Air Army
Commanding General, Second Air Army (Manchuria)
Third Air Army General Commander
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
Commanding General, Fourth Air Army
Fourth Air Army Commander
At end of World War II, he was Commanding General (LtGen), Fifth Air Army, stationed in Seoul, Chosen
General Officer Commanding First Air Army
Air Groups Commanders
First Air Group Commander
Commanding General, Second Air Group (LtGen)
Fifth Air Group Commander and Third Air Group Commander
Air Regiment Commanders
LtCol (Air Force), Regimental Commander, 6th Air Regiment (Colonel)
LtCol/Colonel (Air Force) Officer attached to 7th Air Regiment; later 7th Air Regiment Commander
Regimental Commander, 8th Air Regiment (Colonel, Air Force)
Regimental Commander, 16th Air Regiment
Regimental Commander, 16th Air Regiment
Commanding Officer 1st Air Regiment
Air Force Brigade Commanders
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
Staff Officer, Air Force
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)
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)
Chief, Army Aeronautical Department (MajGen)
Chief, Army Aeronautical Department
Chief, Army Aeronautical Department
Chief, Army Aeronautical Department
Deputy Chief of Army Aeronautical Department
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
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)
Kurai Chutai, 502nd Sentai unit (Nakatsu Airfield, 1945)
Hane Chutai, 2nd Air Army unit (Xinjing East Airfield, 1945)
Commander in Chief Kwantung Army
Commander in Chief Kwantung Army
Commander of Kwantung Army
Commander of Kwantung Army
Commander of Kwantung Army
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
Kwantung Army Headquarters; Adviser, Manchukuoan Military Administration Bureau
Commander of Railway Sector Headquarters, Kwantung Army
Commander, Kwantung Army Railroad Command
Officer (Major), Kwantung Government-General
Army Staff Officer, Kwantung Government-General
Officer, assigned to Kwantung Government-General
Commandant of Port Arthur
Commander of Ryojun Naval Guard District and Station For a complete structure see:
See:
Since 1921–41 lead the Kempeitai operation inside Japan and Asia during wartimes
Military Police (Gendarmerie) Commander, China Forces
Commanding General, Military Police, Kwantung Army
Commander, Military Police
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
General Officer Commanding Kempeitai unit, Chosen
Commander in Chief Kempeitai Forces, Tokyo Hq
Commanding Officer Kempeitai Section 25th Army, Sumatra
- Operative leader of Joho Kyoko (Japanese naval intelligence) and Tokeitai (naval military police)
Company Commander, 1st Infantry Regiment, Imperial Guard Division, during Russo-Japanese War
Regimental Commander, 1st Infantry, Imperial Guard Division
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
Imperial Guard Division Commander
Infantry Regiment Commander, 2nd Imperial Guards
Imperial Guard Division Commander; 2nd Imperial Guard Division Commander
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)
Commanding General, 1st Imperial Guard Division, killed during abortive coup d'état launched against him at Imperial Palace
Commanding Officer 5th Imperial Guards Regiment, Malaya
Chief Military Affairs Department 1st Imperial Guards Division
General Officer Commanding 1st Imperial Guards Division, Tokyo
General Officer Commanding 1st Imperial Guards Division
Commanding Officer 3rd Imperial Guards Brigade
General Officer Commanding Imperial Guards Division, China
Commanding Officer 2nd Imperial Guards Brigade
Commanding Officer Imperial Guards Artillery Regiment
General Officer Commanding 2nd Imperial Guards Depot Division
General Officer Commanding Imperial Guards Division
Chief of Staff, First Imperial Guards Division in Eastern District Army
Governor of the Tokyo metropolitan area
Home Affairs Minister
Home Affairs Minister
Home Affairs Minister
Justice Ministry
Justice Ministry
Justice Minister
Operative Keishicho Police Chief in Tokio metropolitan area
Keishicho Officer Police
Since 1921–41 lead the State Police (Tokko) operations inside Japan and Asia during wartimes
underground unit, in Censorship department in Tokko Intelligence service, in Tokyo, Japan
adviser to War Relief Association
Ministry of the Navy of Japan; Commandant in Kure and Yokosuka Naval Districts; Commander, China Navy Area Fleet; Chief of Naval General Staff
Marine Minister
Marine minister
Marine Minister
Marine Minister
Marine Minister
Marine Minister; Commander-in-Chief, First Expeditionary Fleet (Yangtze River); Commander Yokosuka and Sasebo Naval District; Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet; Imperial and Supreme War Councilor; Ex-Prime Minister and political adviser
Vice-Minister of Navy
Vice-Minister of Navy
Private Secretary to the Minister of the Navy
Member in Navy Staff College's Research Department
Chief of Third Department in Marine Ministry
Chief of Naval Affairs
Chief of Bureau of Naval Supply
Chief of Bureau of Naval Accounting
Chief of Naval Aviation Bureau
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)
Tainan Air Corps (Denpasar Airfield, 1942)
Yokosuka Air Corps (Yokosuka Airfield, 1943)
253rd Air Corps (Rabaul Airfield, 1944)
303 Squadron, 203rd Air Corps (Kagoshima Airfield, 1945)
Chief of the Navy General Staff's Intelligence Division
Japanese Navy Secret Service units
- Operative leader of Joho Kyoko (Japanese naval intelligence) and Tokeitai (naval military police)
Navy figure, in the Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Japanese Army
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 in Southeast Asia and Pacific Area.
member of Japanese Imperial Navy's Advisory Bureau on Jewish Affairs
Chief, of Operation Section of Naval General Staff
Chief in Plans Division Office of Operation Section in Naval General Staff;he was proposer and support plans for Australian Invasion.
Chief of Naval Research Section
Member, Technical Council, Navy Technical Department, Yokosuka Naval Station
Chief of the Naval Aviation Development Division in the Munitions Ministry; was the Japanese Navy figure in same ministry
President of the Japanese Naval Staff College
Navy officer placed on reserve list
retired to Reserve, January 1945 (at own request);
Chief of Naval General Staff
Chief of Naval General Staff
Chief of Naval General Staff
Chief of Naval General Staff
Chief of Naval General Staff
Chief of Naval General Staff
Chief of Naval General Staff
Chief of Naval General Staff
Staff Officer of Naval General Staff
Staff Officer of Naval General Staff
Vice-Chief, Naval General Staff
Vice-Chief of Naval Staff
Vice-Chief of Naval Staff
Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Member, Naval General Staff
Member, Naval General Staff
Member, Naval General Staff
Member, Naval General Staff
Officer attached to Naval General Staff
Commander-in-Chief of Combined Fleet,
Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet and, concurrently, First Fleet
Chief of Staff 1st Fleet—Chief of Staff, Combined Fleet
Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Vice-Commander of the Combined Fleet
Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet
Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet
Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet
Commander of First Naval Fleet
Commander of First Naval Fleet[2]
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 the First Naval Air Fleet
Commander of the First Naval Air Fleet
Commander of the First Naval Air Fleet
Commander of the First Naval Air Fleet
Senior Staff Officer of the First Naval Air Fleet
Commander of the Second Navy Air Fleet
Commander of the Fifth Navy Air Fleet
Commander of the 11th Navy Air Fleet[3]
Commander of 11th Navy Air Fleet
Commander of the 26th Air Flotilla
Commander of Fourth Navy Fleet
Commander of Eighth Naval Fleet
Commander of Eighth Naval Fleet
Commander of Third Destroyer Flotilla
Commander, China Area Fleet
Commander of 1st CarDiv
Senior staff officer in the 1st Carrier Division
Commander of CarDiv Three
Commander of 3rd CarDiv
Commander of 1st CarDiv
Commander of 1st CarDiv
Commander of 2nd Carrier Unit
Commander of 3rd Destroyer Flotilla[4]
Commander of 3rd Destroyer Flotilla
Commander of 2nd Destroyer Group
Commander of 10th Destroyer Flotilla
Commander of 10th Destroyer Unit
Commander of 22nd Destroyer Division
Commander of 6th Destroyer Flotilla
Commander of 2nd Destroyer Unit "Tokyo Express"[5]
Commander of 3rd Destroyer Flotilla[4]
Commander of 4th Destroyer Division
Commander of 4th Destroyer Flotilla
Commander of 5th Cruiser Division
Commander of 5th Cruiser Division
Commander of 18th Cruiser Division
Commander of 8th Cruiser Division
Commander of 8th Cruiser Division
Commander of 6th Cruiser Division
Commander of 4th Cruiser Division
Commander of 5th Cruiser Division [6]
Commander of 5th Cruiser Division
Commander of 7th Cruiser Division[7]
Commander of 7th Cruiser Division[8]
Commander of 1st Battleship Division
Commander of 3rd Battleship Division
Commander of 3rd Submarine Sqdn
Commander of 5th Submarine Sqdn
Commander of 13th Submarine Sqdn
Commander of First Submarine Fleet
Commander of Sixth Submarine Fleet
Commander of 1st Transport Group
Commander of 2nd Transport Group
Commander of 3rd Transport Group
Commander of Seaplane Tender Group
Commander of Minesweeper Group
Commander of First Naval Striking Force (Battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippines Campaign)
He assigned the lead of Aikoku Maru, unit in Japanese Vessel Raiders Force during the Navy Raiding campaign in the Indian Seas area.
Commander of Sasebo 7th Special Naval Landing Force
chief of staff of the Maizuru Naval Base
chief of Staff of the Maizuru Naval District
Commander of the First Naval District
Commandant, Yokosuka and Kure Naval Districts
commanded Yokosuka Naval District
commanded Sasebo Naval District
commanded Sasebo Naval Yard
Commander of the Yokosuka Naval Base
Commander of the Kure Naval Base
Vice-Admiral, commanded Chinkai Naval Station (Chosen)
Vice-Admiral, commanded Ryojun Naval Station (Kwantung)
Chief of Cabinet Secretary
Education, Welfare and Home Minister, as well as chief secretary to the Naidaijin 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 Keishicho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department), and national civil police forces.
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 (Society for the Foundation of the State) right-wing secret society
Minister of Education
concurrently Minister of Education
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
Finance Minister, also opium dealer to the Chinese and government supporter
Finance Minister
Finance Minister (with Sumitomo Clan Links)
Ex-Finance Minister, also political adviser (other figure of Zaibatsu groups in government)
'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'
concurrently Member, Cabinet Research Board,
'Imperial Planning Institute'
Head of 1st Department, Planning Institute
'1st Department, Planning Institute (Cabinet Research Board Unit)'
Chief of 1st Department, Planning Institute Unit, inside of Cabinet Research Board
'Cabinet Planning Board'
President of Cabinet Planning Board
President of Central Government Cabinet Planning Board for sometimes
President of the Cabinet Planning Board, Minister of State (Without Portfolio); also providing guidance for Wang Jingwei's new regime at Nanjing, 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'
Secretary-General of the Asia Development Board
'Political Affairs Section of the Asia Development Board'
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 Ministry (also chairman of Tokyo Gasu Denky); ardent follower of Hitler´s doctrines
Commerce and Industry Minister (Army figure in government)
Commerce and Industry, Foreign Affairs Minister and Marine Minister, (with Mitsui Clan connection)
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Commerce and Industry
'Nan-yo Kyokai'
Vice-president of "Nan-yo Kyokai" (South Seas Society), as government-Navy Trade Agency in South Seas Mandate
'Nanyo Sangyo Kaisha'
'Nanyo Kohatsu Kaisha'
Minister of Trade
Minister of State (Without portfolio) in central government
Minister of State without Portfolio
Minister of State without Portfolio
Minister of State without Portfolio
Leader in Imperial Farmers Association, political adviser, later Minister of Agriculture
Communications Minister (president of Osaka Shosen Kaisha Company, insider of Sumitomo Clan)
Chief of Information Department
Ex servant in Foreign Affairs Ministry; was Official Government spokesman'Official Journalists'
Official Journalist in Asahi Shimbun and Japan Times and Advertiser
Official journalist in Asahi Shimbun
Official Journalist and Director in Japan Times and Mail
Official journalist in Chungai Shogyo'Support writers and military experts'
Military strategist
Army expert
Military thinker
Navy Theoretician'Official war correspondent'
a war correspondent for Yomiuri Shimbun in wartimes
President of International Cultural relations Society
Justice Minister, Fumimaro Konoye partner, led the Keishicho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department)
Justice Minister; commander of the Keishicho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department), and leader in Taisei Yokusankai (Imperial Rule Assistance Association) group
Minister of Justice for sometimes
Home Affairs Minister; founder of Kokusui-kai, a yakuza organization.[9]
Prime Minister, with Japanese Navy support; also Home Affairs Minister; also chief of the Keishicho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department), also founder and leader in the "Shintoist Rites Research Council" organization
Home Affairs Minister
Home Affairs Minister
Home Affairs Minister
Home Affairs Minister
was a Diet member who co-signed the declaration of war against the United States
Member of Diet (Parliament), supporter of State Shinto
Right-wing ideologist, also Imperial Youth Federation and Imperial Youth Corps leader; in charge of young nationalist and militarists local indoctrination, member of House of Representatives of Japan and vice-president of Diet; instigator of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Foreign Affair Minister
concurrently Minister of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs Minister
Foreign Affairs Minister, believer in the Axis Powers alliance
Foreign Affairs Minister
Foreign Affairs Minister, also Japanese Ambassador in United States
High-ranking official in Foreign Affairs Ministry
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 Black Dragon Society member
Foreign Office high-ranking official;as liaison in IGHQ-Army/Navy Intelligence section.
Foreign Office high-ranking official
Foreign Ministry high-ranking official
Foreign Ministry high-ranking official, and Civil Government expert in Jews Affairs in wartimes
Industrialist and Government supporter in Diplomatic Mission to Ducht Indies (1940)
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
special aide to Nomura Mission to Washington
special ambassador in diplomatic mission to Washington
Ambassador to Nanjing-China
Foreign Affairs Minister, also Japanese Ambassador in United States
a one-time Japanese ambassador to Italy
Foreign Affairs Minister; Japanese Ambassador to Italy, diplomatic advisor and firm supporter of the Axis Powers alliance
Japanese ambassador in Italy and England
Japanese Ambassador to Germany, also right-wing follower and military attaché working for alliance between Japan and Nazi Germany (Anti-Comintern Pact, 1937; Tripartite Alliance, 1940)
Japanese Ambassador in France for some time
wartime Japanese Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Official Japanese Ambassador in Beiping (until 1937) and French Indochina in 1940–1941
Japan's Ambassador in Spain
Japanese Ambassador in Portugal
Diplomat Officer, Japanese Embassy in British Malaya
Kwantung Army - concurrently Ambassador to Manchukuo
Kwantung Army - Ambassador to Manchukuo
Japanese Ambassador in Nanjing during Wang Jingwei administration
Japanese Diplomatic Officer in Brisbane, Australia
See: Japanese military attachés in foreign service
Japanese Consul-General in Batavia (before 1941)
Japanese Consul-General in Batavia
Japanese Consul-General in Honolulu
Japanese Consul-General in Kovno, Lithuania
Ministry of Greater East Asia (Japan)
Ministry of Greater East Asia (Japan)
Minister for Colonization, later the Ministry of Greater East Asia (Japan)
Chief of the Political Affairs Section of the Asia Development Board (China Affairs Board), Secretary-General of the Asia Development Board
Governor-General of Chosen (Korea)
Governor-General of Kwantung Leased Territory
Governor-General of Karafuto (Sakhalin)
Governor-General of Taiwan (Formosa)
Governor-General of South Seas Mandate (Micronesia)
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:
Foreign Ministry high-ranking official
Government Officer, the only Japanese in the world at the time to speak and read Hebrew.
Manchu Jew leader, founder of Far Eastern Jewish Council and Betarim Jew Zionists Movement.
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'.
ultra-nationalist and State Shinto 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 Nanjing Massacre, with Tenno direct orders to supervise operations along General Kesago Nakajima, one of Operative Commanders in area; later returned to China in order to convey the Imperial Message concerning the cessation of hostilities.
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 Manchukuo, with orders to convey the Imperial Message concerning the cessation of hostilities, but decided instead to take action against Soviet 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
Right-wing industrialist, yakuza chief and honorary Rear Admiral, supporter of right-wing government policies
Another right-wing follower, and fascist thinker
Ex-Prime Minister, Governor-General of Chosen and political advisor
Founder of right-wing publishing firm Genyōsha and lator Black Dragon Society, also political advisor of Greater Japan Patriotic Society, yakuza organization.[9]
[10] Ex-Chief of Greater Japan Martial Virtue Society, kendo section, also ex-Chief of Imperial Japan Bar Association.
(President of Tokyo Gasu Denky and Hitachi group representative)
(President of Osaka Shosen Kaisha;as Sumitomo figure)
(Sumitomo representative)
(representative of the Japanese Navy and Mitsui group)
(Representative of Nissan group)
(President of N.Y.K. and Mitsubishi figure)
Private businessman with Japanese Navy links in South Seas Mandate
he was founded and led Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company during wartime
Government journalist in Asahi Shimbun and Japan Time and Advertiser Official News
Adviser in Foreign Affairs ministry, also heavy believer of Axis Powers alliance and Overseas Ambassador
Spokesman in Foreign Affairs ministry; later official overseas Ambassador.
Ex servant in Foreign Affairs Ministry and official Government spokesman
Ultranationalist and fascist thinker, believer in government and military policies
Konoye political partidaire and Justice Minister
Konoye political partner; also another fascist ideologist, supporter of Militarists
Right-wing and Army follower charged to compose the economic policies of Manchukuo and Japan.