The was responsible for all non-military aviation

Military aviation

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 training of the Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Army

-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...

. It was headed by an Inspector general

Inspector General

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 who was responsible for overseeing technical and tactical training, and who reported directly to the Emperor of Japan

Emperor of Japan

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 via the Imperial General Headquarters

Imperial General Headquarters

The as part of the Supreme War Council was established in 1893 to coordinate efforts between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during wartime...

 rather than to the Army Minister

Ministry of War of Japan

The , more popularly known as the Ministry of War of Japan, was cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army...

 or the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office

Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office

, also called the Army General Staff, was one of the four 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 of the early Meiji government.Initially, the Army Ministry...

. The position of Inspector-General of Military Training was thus the third most powerful position within the Japanese Army.

History

The office of Inspectorate General of Military Training was established 20 January 1898, to provide a unified command for the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and the various specialized weaponry and technical training schools, and the military preparatory schools located in various locations around the country. It also had broad powers of oversight over Army logistics, transportation, and support issues. Due to its political power, the post was highly sought after by Army senior leadership, and a factional dispute over succession was one of the triggering factors of the February 26 Incident

February 26 Incident

The was an attempted coup d'état in Japan, from February 26 to 29, 1936 carried out by 1,483 troops of the Imperial Japanese Army. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly occupied by the rebelling troops...

. The post was abolished with the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Army after the surrender of Japan

Surrender of Japan

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 at the end of World War II.

Organization

• • Headquarters
    • Section 1. General Affairs (Personnel, Accounting, etc.)
    • Section 2. General Training
    • Section 3. Research and Training Regulations
    • Section 4. Special Schools
  • Artillery
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  • Military engineering
  • Transport
  • Cavalry
    Cavalry
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     (and Reconnaissance)
  • Chemical Warfare
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     (from 1941)
  • Communications (from 1941)
  • Anti-Aircraft Artillery (from 1941)

Also from 1941, a 2nd Bureau was added to the organizational structure, to specialize in armored car training. However, military aviation

Military aviation

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 always remained outside the jurisdiction of the Inspectorate.

List of Inspector-Generals of Military Training

	Name	From	To
1	Field Marshal Masatake Terauchi	22 January 1898	25 April 1900
2	Field Marshal Michitsura Nozu Nozu Michitsura -External links:...	25 April 1900	14 January 1904
3	Field Marshal Masatake Terauchi	14 January 1904	9 May 1905
4	General Hiroshi Nishii	9 May 1905	21 December 1908
5	General Hisanao Oshima	21 December 1908	6 September 1911
6	General Nobuoki Asada Asada Nobuoki Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.-Biography:Asada was born as the third son of Sakaguchi Akitada, a samurai retainer of the Kawagoe Domain in Musashi Province, and was adopted by Asada Junshin, a senior retainer of the same clan as his heir. He studied artillery under Egawa...	6 September 1911	22 April 1914
7	Field Marshal Yusaku Uehara	22 April 1914	17 December 1915
8	General Hyoe Ichinohe	17 December 1915	26 August 1919
9	General Kikuzo Otani	26 August 1919	28 December 1920
10	General Yoshifuru Akiyama	28 December 1920	17 March 1923
11	General Jiro Oba	17 March 1923	2 March 1926
12	General Shinnosuke Kikuchi	2 March 1926	22 August 1927
13	Field Marshal Baron Nobuyoshi Mutō Nobuyoshi Muto -External links:*- Notes :...	22 August 1927	26 May 1932
14	General Senjuro Hayashi Senjuro Hayashi was an Imperial Japanese Army commander of the Chosen Army of Japan in Korea during the Mukden Incident and the invasion of Manchuria, and a Japanese politician and the 33rd Prime Minister of Japan from February 2, 1937 to June 4, 1937.-Biography:...	26 May 1932	23 January 1934
15	General Jinsaburo Mazaki	23 January 1934	16 July 1935
16	General Jotaro Watanabe	16 July 1935	26 February 1936
17	General Yoshikazu Nishi	26 February 1936	1 August 1936
18	Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama	1 August 1936	9 February 1937
19	Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi	9 February 1937	26 August 1937
20	Field Marshal Shunroku Hata	26 August 1937	14 February 1938
21	General Rikichi Andō Rikichi Ando -See also:* Taiwan under Japanese rule...	14 February 1938	30 April 1938
22	General Toshizō Nishio Toshizo Nishio -External links:...	30 April 1938	14 October 1940
23	General Otozō Yamada	14 October 1940	18 July 1944
24	Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama	18 July 1944	22 November 1944
25	Field Marshal Shunroku Hata	23 November 1944	7 April 1945
26	General Kenji Doihara Kenji Doihara was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He was instrumental in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria for which he earned fame taking the nickname 'Lawrence of Manchuria', a reference to the Lawrence of Arabia....	7 April 1945	25 August 1945
27	General Sadamu Shimomura	25 August 1945	15 October 1945

External links

• Axis History Database