Ministry of the Navy

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The Ministry of the Navy was the Japanese government department responsible for administering and overseeing the Imperial Japanese Navy until the end of World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Ministry of the Navy canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former government agency
government ministry
archivesAt Japan Center for Asian Historical Records NERFINISHED
conflictedWith Ministry of War (Japan) NERFINISHED
country Japan
dateDissolved 1945
dateEstablished 1872
dissolutionCause defeat of Japan in World War II
existedDuring Meiji period NERFINISHED
Shōwa period (pre-1945) NERFINISHED
Taishō period NERFINISHED
hadPosition Navy Minister NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Tokyo
jurisdiction Empire of Japan NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tokyo Prefecture NERFINISHED
locatedInTimePeriod Empire of Japan era NERFINISHED
nativeName 海軍省 NERFINISHED
NavyMinisterWasMemberOf Japanese Cabinet NERFINISHED
notableOfficeHolder Oikawa Koshiro NERFINISHED
Osumi Mineo NERFINISHED
Shimada Shigetaro NERFINISHED
Togo Heihachiro NERFINISHED
Yamamoto Gonnohyoe NERFINISHED
Yonai Mitsumasa NERFINISHED
oversaw Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED
parentOrganization Cabinet of Japan NERFINISHED
participatedIn military planning for the Pacific War
military planning for the Second Sino-Japanese War
partOf Government of the Empire of Japan NERFINISHED
replaced Navy Ministry of the Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
replacedBy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (for naval functions) NERFINISHED
Second Bureau of the Demobilization Ministry NERFINISHED
responsibleFor Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED
naval administration
naval budget
naval education and training policy
naval logistics
naval personnel management
naval procurement
naval shipbuilding policy
seeAlso Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff NERFINISHED
Ministry of War (Japan) NERFINISHED
significantEvent abolition under Allied occupation of Japan
subordinateTo Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED
Prime Minister of Japan NERFINISHED
Supreme War Council (Japan) NERFINISHED
transcription Kaigun-shō NERFINISHED
workedWith Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office NERFINISHED
Ministry of War (Japan) NERFINISHED

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Subject: Ministry of the Navy
Description of subject: The Ministry of the Navy was the Japanese government department responsible for administering and overseeing the Imperial Japanese Navy until the end of World War II.

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Kaigun-shō translatedName Ministry of the Navy