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Rising Sun Flag
Japanese flag
Black Dragon Society
paramilitary, ultranationalist right-wing group in Japan
hakkō ichiu
Japanese political slogan, popularized during the Second Sino-Japanese war, describing Japanese imperial rule as divinely ordained to expand until it united the entire world
Nippon Kaigi
Japanese far-right organisation
Genyōsha
thumb|Tōyama Mitsuru (center) and [[Yoshio Kodama (first row, second from right) among a meeting of the Dark/Black Ocean Society (Gen'yosha), 1929]] The was an influential Pan-Asianist group and secret society active in the Empire of Japan.
uyoku dantai
type of ultranationalist far-right group(s) in Japan
Imperial Way Faction
political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army active in the 1920s and 1930s
Japanese militarism
militaristic ideology espoused by Imperial Japan (1873-1945)
Tōseiha
The Tōseiha or '''' was a loose political coalition in the Imperial Japanese Army active in the 1920s and 1930s. The term Tōseiha was not a self-designated name; it was a pejorative label coined by their rivals in the revolutionary Kōdōha (Imperial Way Faction) to describe the generally conservative officers who opposed their spiritual radicalism and aggressive anti-modernization ideals. Often associated with leaders such as Lieutenant General Tetsuzan Nagata (until his assassination in 1935) and Hideki Tojo, the coalition was primarily alleged to favor maintaining Japanese imperialism under t
Sakurakai
150px|right|thumb|Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto, founder of the Sakurakai , was an ultranationalist secret society established by young officers within the Imperial Japanese Army in September 1930, with the goal of reorganizing the state along totalitarian militarist lines via a military coup d'état, if necessary. Its avowed goal was a Shōwa Restoration, which they claimed would restore Emperor Shōwa to his rightful place, free of party politics and evil bureaucrats in a new military dictatorship. They also advocated for state socialism, according to the model proposed by Kita Ikki.
Shōwa Restoration
Senjinkun military code
literary work
Great Japan Youth Party
Nationalist youth organization in Japanese Empire (1937–1945)
League of Diet Members Carry Through the Holy War
political party coalition in the lower house of the Diet of Japan, formed in 1940, backed by the Army as a reaction against a speech made by Saitō Takao critical of the government’s aggressive policies in the Second Sino-Japanese War
Emperor-system fascism
Japanese political perspective
Asakura Takakage
7th head of Asakura clan. daimyo of the middle Muromachi period. a.k.a. Eirin
Treaty Faction
Fleet Faction
political faction of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Song of the Shōwa Restoration
anthem of the Young Officers Movement
Double Leaf Society
Japanese military secret society of the 1920s
gunbatsu
is a Japanese term having two separate meanings. Its first meaning is a reference to the Japanese military leadership which exploited its privileged status to vie against the civilian government for control over the nation's policies (particularly during the early Shōwa era). It also refers to competing political factions or cliques within the Japanese military itself. The term came into common use in the Taishō period (1912-1926).