- Active
- April 1919 – August 1945
- Country
- Empire of Japan
- Allegiance
- Emperor of Japan
- Branch
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Type
- General Army
- Size
- 300,000 (1940), 763,000 (1941), 713,000 (1945)
- Garrison hq
- Ryojun , Kwantung Leased Territory (1906–1932) , Xinjing , Manchukuo (1932–1945)
- Nicknames
- Toku ( 德兵團 , Toku heidan ) , " Virtue "
- Engagements
- Huanggutun Incident Invasion of Manchuria First Battle of Hopei Pacification of Manchukuo Soviet–Japanese border conflicts Battle of Lake Khasan Battle of Khalkhin Gol Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Beiping-Tianjin Operation Chahar Second World War Soviet invasion of Manchuria