The was a section of the Imperial Japanese Army charged with military education and training in the army, except military aviation training. It was headed by an inspector general who was responsible for overseeing technical and tactical training, and who reported directly to the Emperor of Japan via the Imperial General Headquarters rather than to the Army Minister or the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office. 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. The post was abolished with the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Army after the surrender of Japan 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 Military engineering Military logistics Cavalry (-> Armoured warfare from 1941) Chemical warfare (from 1941) Military communications (from 1941) Anti-aircraft warfare (from 1945)
Also from 1941, a 2nd Bureau was added to the organizational structure, to specialize in armored car training. However, military aviation always remained outside the jurisdiction of the Inspectorate.
List of Inspectors-General of Military Training Name From To1 Field Marshal Masatake Terauchi22 January 1898 25 April 19002 Field Marshal Michitsura Nozu25 April 1900 14 January 19043 Field Marshal Masatake Terauchi14 January 1904 9 May 19054 General Kanjirō Nishi9 May 1905 21 December 19085 General Hisanao Ōshima21 December 1908 6 September 19116 General Nobuoki Asada6 September 1911 22 April 19147 Field Marshal Yūsaku Uehara22 April 1914 17 December 19158 General Hyōe Ichinohe17 December 1915 26 August 19199 General Kikuzō Ōtani26 August 1919 28 December 192010 General Yoshifuru Akiyama28 December 1920 17 March 192311 General Jirō Ōba17 March 1923 2 March 192612 General Shinnosuke Kikuchi2 March 1926 22 August 192713 Field Marshal Baron Nobuyoshi Mutō22 August 1927 26 May 193214 General Senjūrō Hayashi26 May 1932 23 January 193415 General Jinzaburō Masaki23 January 1934 16 July 193516 General Jōtarō Watanabe16 July 1935 26 February 193617 General Yoshikazu Nishi26 February 1936 1 August 193618 Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama1 August 1936 9 February 193719 Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi9 February 1937 26 August 193720 Field Marshal Shunroku Hata26 August 1937 14 February 193821 General Rikichi Andō14 February 1938 30 April 193822 General Toshizō Nishio30 April 1938 14 October 194023 General Otozō Yamada14 October 1940 18 July 194424 Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama18 July 1944 22 November 194425 Field Marshal Shunroku Hata23 November 1944 7 April 194526 General Kenji Doihara7 April 1945 25 August 194527 General Sadamu Shimomura25 August 1945 15 October 1945
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