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91 relations: Allies of World War II, Aoyama Cemetery, Army War College (Japan), Captain (armed forces), Chief of staff, Colonel, Conscription, Coup d'état, Empire of Japan, Esophageal cancer, Fumimaro Konoe, General officer, Governor-General of Korea, Hajime Sugiyama, Hakone, Heisuke Yanagawa, Hideki Tojo, Hiranuma Kiichirō, Hirohito, Hiroshima, Hisaichi Terauchi, Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Japanese Army Academy, Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office, Imperial Japanese Navy, Imperial Rule Assistance Association, Imperial Way Faction, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Japan, Japanese Korean Army, Japanese people, Japanese war crimes, Jirō Minami, John Toland (author), Kantarō Suzuki, Kazushige Ugaki, Kōichi Kido, Korea under Japanese rule, Kwantung Army, Lieutenant, Lieutenant colonel, Lieutenant general, Life imprisonment, Major, Major general, March Incident, Military attaché, Ministry of Colonial Affairs, Ministry of the Army, ..., Misogi, Mitsumasa Yonai, Nagoya, Nobuyuki Abe, Okinawa Prefecture, Operation Ten-Go, Order of the Golden Kite, Order of the Rising Sun, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Pneumonia, Prime Minister of Japan, Privy Council of Japan, Russo-Japanese War, Sadao Araki, Sakurakai, Samurai, Second lieutenant, Southern Expeditionary Army Group, State Shinto, Sugamo Prison, Sukumo, Kōchi, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Sweden, Switzerland, Tōseiha, Tetsuzan Nagata, The Rising Sun, Tochigi Prefecture, Tokyo, Tsuneo Kanemitsu, Utsunomiya, Volunteer Fighting Corps, Wang Jingwei, Wang Jingwei regime, War crime, World War II, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Yoshiaki Hatta, Yoshijirō Umezu, 51st Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army). Expand index (41 more) »
Allies of World War II
The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).
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Aoyama Cemetery
is a cemetery in Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
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Army War College (Japan)
The; Short form: of the Empire of Japan was founded in 1882 in Minato, Tokyo to modernize and Westernize the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Captain (armed forces)
The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.
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Chief of staff
The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a president or a senior military officer.
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Colonel
Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.
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Conscription
Conscription, sometimes called the draft, is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.
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Coup d'état
A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.
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Empire of Japan
The was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.
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Esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach.
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Fumimaro Konoe
Prince was a Japanese politician in the Empire of Japan who served as the 34th, 38th and 39th Prime Minister of Japan and founder/leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association.
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General officer
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.
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Governor-General of Korea
The post of Governor-General of Korea served as the chief administrator of Korea while it was held as Chōsen (Korea) from 1910 to 1945.
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Hajime Sugiyama
was a Japanese field marshal who served as successively as chief of the Army General Staff, and minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II between 1937 and 1944.
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Hakone
is a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Heisuke Yanagawa
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
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Hideki Tojo
Hideki Tojo (Kyūjitai: 東條 英機; Shinjitai: 東条 英機;; December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944.
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Hiranuma Kiichirō
was a prominent pre–World War II right-wing Japanese politician and the 24th Prime Minister of Japan from 5 January 1939 to 30 August 1939.
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Hirohito
was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989.
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Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.
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Hisaichi Terauchi
Count was a Gensui (or Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and Commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War II.
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Imperial Japanese Army
The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.
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Imperial Japanese Army Academy
The was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
The or, more literally, the Greater Japan Empire Army Air Corps, was the aviation force of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).
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Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office
The, also called the Army General Staff, was one of the two principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, "Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's defeat and surrender in World War II.
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Imperial Rule Assistance Association
The, or Imperial Aid Association, was Japan's wartime organization created by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe on October 12, 1940, to promote the goals of his Shintaisei ("New Order") movement.
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Imperial Way Faction
The was a political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army, active in the 1920s and 1930s and largely supported by junior officers aiming to establish a military government that promoted totalitarian, militarist, and expansionist ideals.
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International Military Tribunal for the Far East
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial or the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on April 29, 1946, to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for joint conspiracy to start and wage war (categorized as "Class A" crimes), conventional war crimes ("Class B") and crimes against humanity ("Class C").
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Japanese Korean Army
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army that formed a garrison force in Korea under Japanese rule.
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Japanese people
are a nation and an ethnic group that is native to Japan and makes up 98.5% of the total population of that country.
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Japanese war crimes
War crimes of the Empire of Japan occurred in many Asia-Pacific countries during the period of Japanese imperialism, primarily during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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Jirō Minami
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942.
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John Toland (author)
John Willard Toland (June 29, 1912 – January 4, 2004) was an American writer and historian.
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Kantarō Suzuki
Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, member and final leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and 42nd Prime Minister of Japan from 7 April to 17 August 1945.
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Kazushige Ugaki
was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, the 5th principal of Takushoku University, and twice Governor-General of Korea.
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Kōichi Kido
(July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to Emperor Showa throughout World War II.
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Korea under Japanese rule
Korea under Japanese rule began with the end of the short-lived Korean Empire in 1910 and ended at the conclusion of World War II in 1945.
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Kwantung Army
The Kwantung Army was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the first half of the 20th century.
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Lieutenant
A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.
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Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
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Lieutenant general
Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.
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Life imprisonment
Life imprisonment (also known as imprisonment for life, life in prison, a life sentence, a life term, lifelong incarceration, life incarceration or simply life) is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted persons are to remain in prison either for the rest of their natural life or until paroled.
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Major
Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.
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Major general
Major general (abbreviated MG, Maj. Gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.
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March Incident
The was an abortive coup d'état attempt in Japan, in March 1931, launched by the radical Sakurakai secret society within the Imperial Japanese Army, aided by civilian ultranationalist groups.
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Military attaché
A military attaché is a military expert who is attached to a diplomatic mission (an attaché).
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Ministry of Colonial Affairs
The was a cabinet-level ministry in the government of the Empire of Japan from 1929 to 1942.
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Ministry of the Army
The, also known as the Ministry of War, was the cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).
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Misogi
is a Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body.
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Mitsumasa Yonai
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and politician.
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Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.
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Nobuyuki Abe
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea, and 36th Prime Minister of Japan from 30 August 1939 to 16 January 1940.
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Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost prefecture of Japan.
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Operation Ten-Go
was a Japanese naval operation plan in 1945, consisting of four likely scenarios.
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Order of the Golden Kite
The was an order of the Empire of Japan, established on 12 February 1890 by Emperor Meiji "in commemoration of Jimmu Tennō, the Romulus of Japan." It was officially abolished by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers of Occupied Japan in 1947 after World War II.
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Order of the Rising Sun
The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji of Japan.
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Order of the Sacred Treasure
The is a Japanese order, established on 4 January 1888 by Emperor Meiji as the Order of Meiji.
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Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.
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Prime Minister of Japan
The is the head of government of Japan.
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Privy Council of Japan
was an advisory council to the Emperor of Japan that operated from 1888 to 1947.
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Russo-Japanese War
The Russo–Japanese War (Russko-yaponskaya voina; Nichirosensō; 1904–05) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.
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Sadao Araki
Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.
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Sakurakai
was an ultranationalist secret society established by young officers within the Imperial Japanese Army in September 1930, with the goal of reorganizing the state along totalitarian militaristic lines, via a military coup d'état if necessary.
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Samurai
were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.
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Second lieutenant
Second lieutenant (called lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1b rank.
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Southern Expeditionary Army Group
The was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
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State Shinto
describes the Empire of Japan's ideological use of the native folk traditions of Shinto.
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Sugamo Prison
Sugamo Prison (Sugamo Kōchi-sho, Kyūjitai: 巢鴨拘置所, Shinjitai: 巣鴨拘置所) was located in the district of Ikebukuro, which is now part of the Toshima ward of Tokyo, Japan.
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Sukumo, Kōchi
is a city located in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
The Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) (originally briefly styled Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers) was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II.
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Sweden
Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Tōseiha
, was a political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army active in the 1920s and the 1930s.
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Tetsuzan Nagata
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, famous as the victim of the Aizawa Incident of 1935.
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The Rising Sun
The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945, written by John Toland, was published by Random House in 1970 and won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
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Tochigi Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kantō region of Japan.
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Tokyo
, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.
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Tsuneo Kanemitsu
, was an entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving eight terms as a member of the Lower House of the Diet of Japan, and twice times as a cabinet minister.
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Utsunomiya
is the capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan.
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Volunteer Fighting Corps
were armed civil defense units planned in 1945 in the Empire of Japan as a last desperate measure to defend the Japanese home islands against the projected Allied invasion during Operation Downfall (Ketsugo Sakusen) in the final stages of World War II.
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Wang Jingwei
Wang Jingwei (Wang Ching-wei; 4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944); born as Wang Zhaoming (Wang Chao-ming), but widely known by his pen name "Jingwei", was a Chinese politician.
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Wang Jingwei regime
The Wang Jingwei regime is the common name of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (p), a puppet state of the Empire of Japan, located in eastern China.
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War crime
A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Yōsuke Matsuoka
was a Japanese diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II.
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Yoshiaki Hatta
, was an engineer, entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the Upper House of the Diet of Japan, and five times as a cabinet minister.
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Yoshijirō Umezu
(January 4, 1882 – January 8, 1949) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
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51st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Redirects here:
General Koiso, General Kuniaka Koiso, Koiso, Koiso Kuniaki, 小磯 國昭.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuniaki_Koiso
