The Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office (参謀本部, Sanbō Honbu), also called the Army General Staff, was one of the two principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army.

The Imperial General Headquarters was established by Imperial Decree 52 on 22 May 1893 under the auspices of creating a central command for both the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff.

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The Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office (参謀本部 Sanbō Honbu?), also called the Army General Staff, was one of the four principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army.

But only in December 1903 the Navy General Staff received an equal standing with the Army General Staff as a military command body. Meanwhile in June 1887 Army added another top-level position, called Inspector General, renamed Inspector General of Military Training in 1898.

imperial headquarters. In war time or in case of grave emergency an Imperial Headquarters is established, under the supervision of the Emperor, to assist in the exercise of supreme command. It consists of the Chiefs of the Army and Navy General Staffs, the Ministers of War and of Navy, and a staff of specially selected officers (see fig. 3 ).

The Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office (参謀本部, Sanbō Honbu), also called the Army General Staff, was one of the two principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army.

The original Japanese manuscript which was used as a basis for this monograph was, in the main, written by the following former officers of the Imperial Japanese Army: Col. Takushiro Hattori, former Chief of the 2d Section (Operations) …

The Imperial General Headquarters was established by Imperial Decree 52 on 19 May 1893 under the auspices of creating a central command for both the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff.

Forming one of the military branches of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces (IJAF), it was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Army Ministry, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan, the supreme commander of IJAF.