List of Japanese government and military commanders of World War II


Central government

Supreme head of state

on imperial stallion Shirayuki

President of the Imperial Council

The following were closely involved in the government:

Vice Chairman of the Councilors of Court

President of Privy Council
Privy Councillors
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.

Imperial General Headquarters (Dai Honei)

Established in 1937
Commander
Minister of War
Japanese Army Strategic Thought Group
Aide to War Minister, IGHQ
Staff officer IGHQ
Operations Bureau's Organization and Mobilization Section, IGHQ
Russian Section of Intelligence Department, IGHQ
Army Inner Liaison, Military Affairs Bureau, Army Ministry, IGHQ
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff
Army Zone Commands
Army Regional Commands
Army Tactical Commands
General Command of Southern Army
Army Tactical Commands
Army High Level Inner Liaison with Army General Staff, IGHQ
Minister of the Navy
Japanese Navy Strategic Thinking Group
Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
Navy General Staff of Combined Fleet
Navy Tactical Commands
Navy-Army General Staff Liaison Officer
Inspectorate General of Military Training IGHQ
Inspectorate General of Aviation IGHQ
Chief Secretary of Supreme War Council
Supreme War Councilor

Military Councilors
"Imperial Throne Council of War"
President of the Imperial Throne Council of War
Imperial War Councilor

Home Defense Headquarters

Organization

Munitions Minister

Army Commanders of Military Prisons and POW Camps in occupied territories
See: Military instructors and trainers of the Empire of Japan

Army Officers in Reserve list

Deputy Chief of Army General Staff

Japanese Army Intelligence Services units
Administrative Chief of Administrative Division, Army Aeronautical Department
Chief of the Army Aviation Headquarters
Inspectorate General of Army Air Force
Air Armies General Commanders
Air Groups Commanders
Air Regiment Commanders
Air Force Brigade Commanders
Air Force Staff Officers
Officer Attached to Second Air Group HQ
Commanding Officer in Air Battalion
Acting General Officer Commanding Army Aviation Corps
Air Force Commanders, Directors and instructors in Air Schools
Chief of Army Aeronautical Department
Deputy Chief of Army Aeronautical Department
Chief of Second Bureau, Army Aeronautical Department
Chief of Army Air Technical Laboratories
Technicals and Experts in Army Aeronautical Sciences
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force units
64th Sentai units
Kurai Chutai, 502nd Sentai unit
Hane Chutai, 2nd Air Army unit
For a complete structure see:
See:

Commander in Chief of Kempeitai units

War Relief Association

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force units
Fighter Unit
Tainan Air Corps
Yokosuka Air Corps
253rd Air Corps
303 Squadron, 203rd Air Corps
Japanese Navy Secret Service units

Chief of Naval General Staff

Kodoha ideological advisers in government

'National Economic policies'
'Planning Bureau in Cabinet Resources Board'
'Member in Cabinet Research Board'
'Imperial Planning Institute'
'1st Department, Planning Institute '
'Cabinet Planning Board'
'First Bureau, Cabinet Planning Board'
'General Affairs Bureau, Cabinet Planning Board'
'Secretary-General of the Asia Development Board'
'Political Affairs Section of the Asia Development Board'
'Nan-yo Kyokai'
'Nanyo Sangyo Kaisha'
'Nanyo Kohatsu Kaisha'
'Official Journalists'
'Support writers and military experts'
'Official war correspondent'

Foreign Affairs Minister

See: Japanese military attachés in foreign service

Japanese Overseas Consul-Generals

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:

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

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'.

Other close military government collaborators

Nobility members