Empire of Japan

==Influential personnel==
{{Main|List of Japanese government and military commanders of World War II}}

===Political===
In the administration of Japan dominated by the military political movement during World War II, the civil central government was under the management of military men and their right-wing civilian allies, along with members of the nobility and [[Imperial House of Japan|Imperial Family]]. The Emperor was in the center of this power structure as supreme [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Imperial Armed Forces and head of state.

Early period:
*HIH Prince [[Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa|Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa]]
*HIH Prince [[Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa|Kitashirakawa Naruhisa]]
*HIH Prince [[Prince Komatsu Akihito|Komatsu Akihito]]
*HIH Marquess Michitsune Koga
*Prince [[Yamagata Aritomo]]
*Prince [[Itō Hirobumi]]
*Prince [[Katsura Tarō]]

World War II:
*Prince [[Fumimaro Konoe]]
*[[Kōki Hirota]]
*[[Hideki Tojo]]

{{Gallery|align=center
|width=120|File:ITŌ Hirobumi.jpg|Prince [[Itō Hirobumi]]
|File:HIH Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa.jpg|His Imperial Highness Prince [[Kitashirakawa Naruhisa]], the 3rd head of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family
|File:Michitsune Koga 01.jpg|His Imperial Highness Marquess Michitsune Koga, a member of the [[Imperial Family]], descending from [[Emperor Murakami]]. He was the former Governor of [[Tokyo Prefecture]].
|File:Nagayoshi Ogasawara.jpg|His Imperial Highness Count Nagayoshi Ogasawara, a member of the Imperial Family}}

===Diplomats===
Early period
*Marquess [[Komura Jutarō]]: [[Boxer Protocol]] & the [[Treaty of Portsmouth]]
*Count [[Mutsu Munemitsu]]: [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]]
*Count [[Hayashi Tadasu]]: [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]]
*Count [[Kaneko Kentarō]]: envoy to the [[United States]]
*Viscount [[Aoki Shūzō]]: Foreign Minister of Japan, [[Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation]]
*Viscount [[Torii Tadafumi]]: Vice Consul to the [[Hawaiian Kingdom|Kingdom of Hawaii]]
*Viscount [[Ishii Kikujirō|Ishii Kikujiro]]: [[Lansing–Ishii Agreement]]
World War II
*Baron [[Hiroshi Ōshima]]: Japanese ambassador to [[Nazi Germany]]

===Military===
{{main|Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan}}
[[File:Marshals Kawamura, Inoue, Oku and Tōgō.jpg|thumb|From left to right: Marshal Admiral [[Tōgō Heihachirō|Heihachirō Tōgō]] (1848–1934), Field Marshal [[Oku Yasukata]] (1847–1930), Marshal Admiral [[Inoue Yoshika|Yoshika Inoue]] (1845–1929) and Field Marshal [[Kawamura Kageaki|Kageaki Kawamura]] (1850–1926), at the unveiling ceremony of the bronze statue of Field Marshal [[Ōyama Iwao|Iwao Ōyama]]]]

The Empire of Japan's military was divided into two main branches: the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy. To coordinate operations, the [[Imperial General Headquarters]], headed by the Emperor, was established in 1893. Prominent generals and leaders:

====Imperial Japanese Army====
=====Early period=====
*[[Gensui (Imperial Japanese Army)|Field Marshal]] Prince [[Yamagata Aritomo]]: Chief of Staff of the Army, Prime Minister of Japan, Founder of the IJA
*Field Marshal Prince [[Ōyama Iwao]]: Chief of Staff of the Army
*Field Marshal Prince [[Prince Komatsu Akihito|Komatsu Akihito]]: Chief of Staff of the Army
*Field Marshal Marquis [[Nozu Michitsura]]:
*General Count [[Nogi Maresuke]]: Governor of Taiwan
*General Count [[Akiyama Yoshifuru]]: Chief of Staff of the Army
*General Count [[Kuroki Tamemoto]]
*General Count [[Nagaoka Gaishi]]
*Lieutenant General Baron [[Ōshima Ken'ichi]]: Chief of Staff of the Army, [[Ministry of the Army|Minister of War]] during [[World War I]]
*General Viscount [[Kodama Gentarō]]: Chief of Staff of the Army, Governor of Taiwan

=====World War II=====
*Field Marshal Prince [[Prince Kan'in Kotohito|Kotohito Kan'in]]: Chief of Staff of the Army
*Field Marshal [[Hajime Sugiyama]]: Chief of Staff of the Army
*General [[Senjūrō Hayashi]]: Chief of Staff of the Army, Prime Minister of Japan
*General [[Hideki Tojo|Hideki Tōjō]]: Prime Minister of Japan
*General [[Yoshijirō Umezu]]: Chief of Staff of the Army

====Imperial Japanese Navy====
=====Early period=====
*[[Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)|Marshal Admiral]] [[Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito]] (1867–1922)
*Marshal Admiral [[Marquess]] [[Tōgō Heihachirō]] (1847–1934), [[Battle of Tsushima]]
*Marshal Admiral [[Count]] [[Itō Sukeyuki]] (1843–1914)
*Admiral Count [[Kawamura Sumiyoshi]] (1836–1904)
*Marshal Admiral [[Viscount]] [[Inoue Yoshika]] (1845–1929)
*Marshal Admiral [[Baron]] [[Ijuin Gorō]] (1852–1921)
*Marshal Admiral Baron [[Katō Tomosaburō]] (1861–1923)
*Admiral Baron Akamatsu Noriyoshi (1841–1920)
*Vice Admiral [[Akiyama Saneyuki]] (1868–1918), Battle of Tsushima

=====World War II=====
*Marshal Admiral [[Mineichi Koga]] (1885–1944)
*Marshal Admiral [[Isoroku Yamamoto]] (1884–1943), [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], [[Battle of Midway]]
*Marshal Admiral [[Osami Nagano]] (1880–1947)
*Admiral [[Chūichi Nagumo]] (1887–1944), attack on Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway<ref>{{cite web |author=Klemen L. |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/nagumo.html |title=Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630044158/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/nagumo.html |archive-date=June 30, 2012}}</ref>
*Rear Admiral [[Viscount]] [[Morio Matsudaira]] (1878–1944)