Encyclopedia - Imperial Way Faction: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Way Faction - Origins Of The Movement
Imperial Way Faction - Political environment. The origins of this party in the 1920s saw the last of the old-style samurai officers goi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kempeitai: Encyclopedia Ii - Kempeitai - Organization
The Kempeitai maintained a headquarters in each relevant army area, comprising two or three field offices, each with approximately 375 pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Fascism - Political Purposes Of Japanese Fascists
One particular concept exploited by the ultranationalists and local fascists was a decree made by Emperor Jimmu in AD 660, the policy of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - World War Ii
The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War Two was administered by the Ministry of the Navy of Japan and controlled by the Chief of the Impe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - World War Ii
The Imperial Japanese Navy was administered by the Ministry of the Navy of Japan and controlled by the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Nav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Medieval Period
Naval battles of a very large scale, fought between Japanese clans and involving more than 1000 warships, are recorded from the 12th cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Origins
Main article Naval history of Japan Japan has a long history of naval interaction with the Asian continent, involving transportation of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Fascism - Bases Of Japanese Nationalism
Japanese nationalism is in fact quite different from European fascism, yet in parts its development can be seen as comparable. Elements o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Self-defense Forces
Following Japan's surrender to the United States at the conclusion of World War II, and Japan's subsequent occupation, Japan's entire imp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - World War Ii
In the years before WW II the IJN began to structure itself specifically to fight the United States. A long stretch of militaristic expan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Meiji Restoration And Creation Of The Imperial Japanese Navy
Main article:Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (Japanese: 大日本帝国海軍) was the navy of Japan between 1867...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Self-defense Forces
Following Japan's surrender to the United States at the conclusion of World War II, and Japan's subsequent occupation, Japan's entire imp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Early Historical Period
Ambassadoral visits to Japan by the later Northern Chinese dynasties Wei and Jin (Encounters of the Eastern Barbarians, Wei Chronicles) r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Prehistory
Japan seems to have been connected to the Asian landmass during the last Ice Age until around 20,000 BCE, both because of glaciation of s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Modernization: Bakumatsu Period 1853-1868
The study of Western shipbuilding techniques resumed in the 1840s. This process intensified along with the increased activity of Western ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Fascism - Pseudo-socialist Militarism
The desire of the military leaders to maintain political power, as well as the national goal of territorial expansion, resulted in both a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - World War I
Japan entered World War I on the side of the Allies, against Germany and Austria, as a natural prolongation of the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Interwar Years
In the years before WW II the IJN began to structure itself specifically to fight the United States. A long stretch of militaristic expan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Self-defense Forces
Following Japan's surrender to the United States at the conclusion of World War II, and Japan's subsequent occupation, Japan's entire imp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Sino-japanese War
Japan continued the modernization of its navy, especially as China was also building a powerful modern fleet with foreign, especially Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Creation Of The Imperial Japanese Navy 1869
From 1868, the restored Meiji Emperor continued with reforms to industrialize and militarize Japan to prevent United States and European ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Self-defense Forces
Following Japan's surrender to the United States at the conclusion of World War II, and Japan's subsequent occupation, Japan's entire imp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Russo-japanese War
Following the Sino-Japanese War, and the humiliation of the forced return of the Liaotung peninsula to China under Russian pressure (the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - World War I
Japan entered World War I on the side of the Allies, against Germany and Austria, as a natural prolongation of the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Interwar Years
In the years before WW II the IJN began to structure itself specifically to fight the United States. A long stretch of militaristic expan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Origins
Japan has a long history of naval interaction with the Asian continent, involving transportation of troops between Korea and Japan, start...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Russo-japanese War
Following the Sino-Japanese War, and the humiliation of the forced return of the Liaotung peninsula to China under Russian pressure (the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Sino-japanese War
Japan continued the modernization of its navy, especially as China was also building a powerful modern fleet with foreign, especially Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Japanese Navy - Creation Of The Imperial Japanese Navy 1869
From 1868, the restored Meiji Emperor continued with reforms to industrialize and militarize Japan to prevent the United States and Europ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Militarism: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Militarism - The Rise Of Militarism
Ultranationalism was characteristic of right-wing politicians and conservative military men since the inception of the Meiji Restoration,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hideki Tojo: Encyclopedia Ii - Hideki Tojo - Military Service
2dLt (Infantry), April 1905; was graduated from War College, December 1915; official duty, Switzerland, August 1919; Major, August 1920; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sadao Araki: Encyclopedia Ii - Sadao Araki - Political And Thinking Career
Sadao Araki - Political and ideological works. He (with the rank of Colonel) led the Kodaha faction (Imperial Benevolent Rule or Action...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Militarism: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Militarism - Factors That Supported Militarism
The samurai legacy: Even though Edo period Japan enjoyed 250 years of peace, it was ruled by a warrior-bureaucrat elite, that held up bus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hideki Tojo: Encyclopedia Ii - Hideki Tojo - Postwar Legacy
After Japan surrendered in 1945 Tojo shot himself in the chest in a suicide attempt. He survived and was arrested a short time later. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hideki Tojo: Encyclopedia Ii - Hideki Tojo - Military And Political Life
Tojo was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1884. He was the third son of Hidenori Tojo, a Lieutenant General in the Japanese Army. Tojo's two older...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Way Faction: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Way Faction - Summary
The "Imperial Way Faction" represented the principal right-wing political movement in the Empire of Japan from some point in the 1930s, e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Way Faction: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Way Faction - Circumstances That Allowed The Japanese Military To Gain Political Power
In a close to chaotic political (and economic and social) situation, the military were considered politically "clean" in terms of politic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Way Faction: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Way Faction - Political Development
Imperial Way Faction - Sadao Araki has his day. Araki Sadao was an important figurehead and "political and thinking father" of the part...   » Read the article