List of 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...

 Fortresses in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 proper. These fortresses were led by the Commander of the Japanese Metropolitan Fortification System whose headquarters was in Tokyo Bay Fortress. The rest of exterior fortress system in the Provinces was managed in their respective Army or Navy command organizations.

Chisima

Kuril Islands

The Kuril Islands , in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, form a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many more minor rocks. It consists of Greater...

• Kita Chisima Fortress
• Minami Chisima Fortress

Hokkaidō

Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...

• Tsugaru Fortress
• Soya Fortress
• Hakodate Fortress
• Sapporo Fortress

West Japan (Honshū)

• Tokyo Bay Fortress
• Anami Oshima Fortress
• Funauke Fortress
• Nakajo-Wan Fortress
• Iki Fortress
• Hoyo Fortress
• Nagasaki Fortress
• Sasebo Fortress
• Shimonoseki Fortress
• Tsushima Fortress
• 60th Fortress
• 61st Fortress
• 65th Fortress
• 66th Fortress

Army Commanders in Fortress system

• Kanji Ishihara: Commanding Officer Maizuru Fortified Zone
• Teiji Imamura: Commandant Tsushima Fortress
• Koji Chichiwa: Commandant Iki Fortress