Central Government Ministries List of Japanese government and military commanders of World War II

1 central government ministries

1.1 kodoha ideological advisers in government
1.2 chief of cabinet secretary
1.3 welfare minister
1.4 minister of education
1.5 imperial youth federation/imperial youth corps
1.6 minister of state affairs
1.7 finance minister
1.8 government finances , economics entities
1.9 commerce , industry minister
1.10 government industry, commerce , trading organizations
1.11 minister of trade
1.12 minister of state (without portfolio)
1.13 minister of agriculture
1.14 communications minister
1.15 president of international cultural relations society
1.16 justice minister
1.17 home affairs minister
1.18 diet members

central government ministries
kodoha ideological advisers in government

sadao araki
hideki tōjō
koiso kuniaki
jinsaburo mazaki
heisuke yanagawa
hideyoshi obata
kazushige ugaki
hajime sugiyama
yoshijirō umezu
tetsuzan nagata

chief of cabinet secretary

naoki hoshino: chief of cabinet secretary

welfare minister

kōichi kido: education, welfare , home minister, chief secretary naidaijin , last proper naidaijin (lord keeper of privy seal). recognised 1 of principal supporters of general tojo s policies. during period home affairs minister, commanded keiseicho (tokyo metropolitan police department), , national civil police forces.

minister of education

sadao araki: charge of minister of education; company commander, 1st infantry regiment, imperial guard division, during russo-japanese war; principal nationalist thinker , right-wing political adviser in country; war minister; founder of kokuhonsha (society foundation of state) right-wing secret society
hideki tōjō: minister of education
kōichi kido: concurrently minister of education

imperial youth federation/imperial youth corps

kingoro hashimoto: imperial youth federation , imperial youth corps chief; in charge of young nationalist , militarists local indoctrination, following official doctrines amongst minister of education policies.

minister of state affairs

heisuke yanagawa: minister of state affairs

finance minister

okinori kaya: finance minister, opium dealer chinese , government supporter
kazuo aoki: finance minister
ikeda shigeaki minister of finance.
masatsune ogura: finance minister (with sumitomo clan links)
seihin ikeda: ex-finance minister, political adviser (other figure of zaibatsu groups in government)

government finances , economics entities

national economic policies

naoki hoshino: political adviser charged composing new economic policies, , chief of economic project department , chief of cabinet secretary

planning bureau in cabinet resources board

isamu yokoyama: chief of planning bureau in cabinet resources board

member in cabinet research board

teiichi suzuki: concurrently member, cabinet research board,

imperial planning institute

takazo numata: head of 1st department, planning institute

1st department, planning institute (cabinet research board unit)

takazo numata:chief of 1st department, planning institute unit, inside of cabinet research board

cabinet planning board

sumihisa ikeda: president of cabinet planning board
kenryo sato: president of central government cabinet planning board sometimes
teiichi suzuki: president of cabinet planning board, minister of state (without portfolio); providing guidance wang ching-wei s new regime @ nanking, imperial nominee house of peers

first bureau, cabinet planning board

isamu yokoyama: chief of first bureau, cabinet planning board

general affairs bureau, cabinet planning board

isamu yokoyama: chief of general affairs bureau, cabinet planning board

secretary-general of asia development board

teiichi suzuki: secretary-general of asia development board

political affairs section of asia development board

teiichi suzuki: first chief of political affairs section of asia development board (china affairs board)
heisuke yanagawa: chief of political affairs section of asia development board

commerce , industry minister

ichizō kobayashi: commerce , industry ministry (also chairman of tokyo gasu denky); ardent follower of hitler´s doctrines
seizo sakonji: commerce , industry minister (army figure in government)
teijirō toyoda: commerce , industry, foreign affairs minister , marine minister, (with mitsui clan connection)
hideki tōjō: minister of commerce , industry
ikeda shigeaki: minister of commerce , industry
nobusuke kishi: minister of commerce , industry

government industry, commerce , trading organizations

nan-yo kyokai

fujiyama raita: vice-president of nan-yo kyokai (south seas society), government-navy trade agency in south seas mandate

nanyo sangyo kaisha

masaichi hanaoka directing manager of nanyo sangyo kaisha in tokyo, japan

nanyo kohatsu kaisha

haruji matsue directing-manager of nanyo kohatsu kabushiki kaisha (south seas developing company)

minister of trade

hideki tōjō: minister of trade

minister of state (without portfolio)

teiichi suzuki: minister of state (without portfolio) in central government
kasiburo ando: minister of state without portfolio
hiranuma kiichirō: minister of state without portfolio
toji yasui: minister of state without portfolio

minister of agriculture

yoriyasu arima: leader in imperial farmers association, political adviser, later minister of agriculture

communications minister

shōzō murata: communications minister (president of osaka shosen kaisha company, insider of sumitomo clan)
nobofumi ito: chief of information department
koh ishii: ex servant in foreign affairs ministry; official government spokesman

official journalists

teiichi muto: official journalist in asahi shimbun , japan times , advertiser
shiro mashida: official journalist in asahi shimbun
masanori ito: official journalist , director in japan times , mail
akinaru jisawa: official journalist in chungai shogyo

support writers , military experts

yasuo mishina: military strategician
tadashi saito: army expert
otsughi narita: military thinker
kinoaki matsuo: navy theoretician

official war correspondent

eiji suzuki: war correspondent yomiuri shimbun in wartimes

president of international cultural relations society

aisuke kabayama: president of international cultural relations society

justice minister

akira kazami: justice minister, fumimaro konoye partner, led keishicho (tokyo metropolitan police department)
heisuke yanagawa: justice minister; commander of keishicho (tokyo metropolitan police department), , leader in taisei yokusankai (imperial rule assistance association) group
hiranuma kiichirō: minister of justice sometimes

home affairs minister

takejiro tokonami: home affairs minister; established greater japan patriotic society, yakuza organization in 1919.
kiichiro hiranuma: prime minister, japanese navy support; home affairs minister; chief of keishicho (tokyo metropolitan police department), founder , leader in shintoist rites research council organization
saburo ando: home affairs minister
hideki tōjō: home affairs minister
kōichi kido: home affairs minister
tsuneo matsudaira: home affairs minister

diet members

kishi nobusuke: diet member co-signed declaration of war against united states
chikao fujisawa: member of diet (parliament), supporter of state shintoism
kingoro hashimoto: right-wing ideologist, imperial youth federation , imperial youth corps leader; in charge of young nationalist , militarists local indoctrination, member of house of representatives of japan , vice-president of diet; instigator of second sino-japanese war.




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