Naval War College (Japan)

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Imperial Japanese Navy institution military academy staff college

Naval War College (Japan) was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s elite higher education institution for advanced naval strategy, tactics, and officer training.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy institution → military academy → staff college →
admissionRequirement	graduation from Imperial Japanese Naval Academy →
affiliation	Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff →
alternativeName	Imperial Japanese Naval War College → Kaigun Daigakkō →
country	Empire of Japan →
dissolved	1945 →
educationLevel	graduate-level →
era	Meiji period → Shōwa period (pre-1945) → Taishō period →
established	1888 →
function	education in combined fleet operations → formulation of Imperial Japanese Navy doctrine → war-gaming and operational simulations →
governedBy	Imperial Japanese Navy Ministry →
influencedBy	Royal Naval College, Greenwich → United States Naval War College →
locatedIn	Japan → Tokyo →
notableAlumni	Chuichi Nagumo → Isoroku Yamamoto → Osami Nagano → Shigetarō Shimada → Sōemu Toyoda →
operatedBy	Imperial Japanese Navy →
periodOfActivity	First Sino-Japanese War → Russo-Japanese War → World War I → World War II → interwar period →
primaryLanguage	Japanese →
reasonForDissolution	defeat of Japan in World War II →
role	elite higher education institution for the Imperial Japanese Navy → training center for senior naval leadership →
specialization	international law → naval history → naval operations → naval strategy → naval tactics → staff officer training → war planning →
status	defunct →
targetStudents	Imperial Japanese Navy officers → staff officer candidates →
typeOfTraining	command course → staff college course →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Isoroku Yamamoto → Okada Keisuke → Osami Nagano →	educatedAt
Naval War College (Japan) ("Kaigun Daigakkō") → Naval War College (Japan) ("Imperial Japanese Naval War College") →	alternativeName
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ("Imperial Japanese Naval War College") →	associatedWith
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu →	education
近藤信竹 ("海軍大学校校長") →	役職