Imperial Japanese military education system

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The Imperial Japanese military education system was a structured network of academies and training institutions that produced and indoctrinated officers and soldiers for Japan’s pre-1945 imperial armed forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of Imperial Japanese armed forces
military education system
abolishedAfter Japanese surrender in World War II
component Army War College (Japan)
Imperial Japanese Army Academy
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
Naval War College (Japan)
military cadet schools
military preparatory schools
non-commissioned officer schools
specialist technical schools
controlledBy Ministry of War of Japan
surface form: Army Ministry (Japan)

Navy Ministry of Japan
surface form: Navy Ministry (Japan)
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
endDate 1945
focus discipline and obedience
loyalty to the Emperor
marksmanship and weapons training
naval seamanship and gunnery
offensive spirit in warfare
physical conditioning
ideology State Shinto
surface form: State Shintō

bushidō reinterpretation
emperor-centered nationalism
influencedBy French military education system
Prussian military education system
languageOfInstruction Japanese
linkedTo Imperial Rescript on Education
Imperial Rescript on Education
surface form: Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors

conscription system of the Empire of Japan
location Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
surface form: Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture

Tokyo
various garrisons across Japan
notableConflictContext Pacific War
Russo-Japanese War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
purpose indoctrination in imperial ideology
professional military education
training officers for Imperial Japanese Army
training officers for Imperial Japanese Navy
replacedBy postwar Self-Defense Forces education system
startDate late 19th century
targetGroup enlisted conscripts
non-commissioned officer candidates
officer candidates
timePeriod Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period

Shōwa period before 1945
Taisho era
surface form: Taishō period

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Imperial Japanese Army Academy partOf Imperial Japanese military education system
Ministry of War of Japan oversaw Imperial Japanese military education system
this entity surface form: Army schools of the Empire of Japan