Editing Imperial General Headquarters (section)

===Organization during World War II===
[[Hirohito]], the Emperor of Japan, was defined as the Head of State and the Generalissimo of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces according to the constitution of 1889. During World War II, the leadership of the Imperial General Headquarters consisting of the following:
[[File:Announcement from Imperial General Headquarters1.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Announcement from Imperial General Headquarters January 1942]]
*[[Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office|Chief of the Army General Staff]]
**[[Prince Kan'in Kotohito|Kotohito Kan'in]] (1931–1940)
**[[Hajime Sugiyama]] (1940–1944)
**[[Hideki Tōjō]] (1944)
**[[Yoshijirō Umezu]] (1944–1945)
*[[Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff|Chief of the Navy General Staff]]
**[[Hiroyasu Fushimi]] (1932–1941)
**[[Osami Nagano]] (1941–1944)
**[[Shigetarō Shimada]] (1944)
**[[Koshirō Oikawa]] (1944–1945)
**[[Soemu Toyoda]] (1945)
*[[Army Ministry|Minister of the Army]]
**[[Hajime Sugiyama]] (1937–1938, 1944–1945)
**[[Seishirō Itagaki]] (1938–1939)
**[[Shunroku Hata]] (1939–1940)
**[[Hideki Tōjō]] (1940–1944)
**[[Korechika Anami]] (1945)
*[[Ministry of the Navy (Japan)|Minister of the Navy]]
**[[Mitsumasa Yonai]] (1937–1939, 1944–1945)
**[[Zengo Yoshida]] (1939–1940)
**[[Koshirō Oikawa]] (1940–1941)
**[[Shigetarō Shimada]] (1941–1944)