Japanese military attachés in foreign service

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List of Japanese military attachés in foreign service

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[edit] Austria

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Belgium

  • Yuitsu Tsuchiachi:- Military Attaché, France--and, concurrently, Belgium, August 1937

[edit] Denmark

[edit] England

  • Masaharu Homma:- Resident Officer, also military student, England, August 1918 (and served as observer with British forces in France)
  • Hitoshi Imamura:- Assistant Military Attaché, England, October 1918
  • Ando Rikichi:- Resident Officer, England, January 1919
  • Shizuichi Tanaka:- Resident officer, England, March 1919
  • Seiichi Kita:- Resident Officer, England, September 1927
  • Torashiro Kawabe:- Member, Japanese Delegation, London Conference, 1929-May 1930
  • Shigenori Kuroda:- Resident Officer, England, January 1922

[edit] France

  • Keisuke Fujie:- Assistant Military Attaché, France, August 1917
  • Naruhihiko Higashikuni:- Resident Officer, France, studying military tactics, April 1920
  • Kanji Nishihara:- Resident Officer, France, February 1926
  • Korechika Anami:- official duty, France, August 1927
  • Ishiro Shichida:- Resident Officer, France, May 1931
  • Takushiro Hattori:- Resident Officer, France, June 1934; observer, Italo-Ethiopian War, October 1935
  • Yuitsu Tsuchiachi:- Military Attaché, France--and, concurrently, Belgium, August 1937

[edit] Germany

  • Toshizo Nishio:- Language Officer, Germany, August 1912
  • Tetsuzan Nagata:- Language Officer, Germany, October 1913
  • Hideki Tojo:- official duty, Germany, July 1921;
  • Yoshio Kozuki:- Language Officer, Germany, November 1921
  • Heitaro Kimura:- Resident Officer, Germany, January 1922
  • Kenzo Kitano:- Resident Officer, Germany, September 1922
  • Kanji Ishihara:- Language Officer, Germany, July 1922
  • Takeo Yasuda:- Resident Officer, Germany, January 1922;
  • Mitsuo Nakazawa:- Resident Officer, Germany, July 1923;
  • Sosaku Suzuki:- Resident Officer, Germany, March 1923
  • Isamu Yokoyama:- Resident Officer, Germany (Major), August 1924
  • Takuma Shimoyama:- Resident Officer, Germany, March 1925
  • Masakazu Kawabe:- Military Attaché Germany, August 1929
  • Kioji Tominaga:- official duty, Germany, December 1935
  • Hiroshi Oshima:- stationed in Berlin as Military Attaché working for alliance between Japan and Nazi Germany (Anti-Comintern Pact, 1937; Tripartite Alliance, 1940); Ambassador to Germany, 1940
  • Kitsuju Ayabe:- Member, Military Observer Mission to Germany and Italy (under LtGen Yamashita), December 1940-July 1941

[edit] Italy

  • Shigetaro Shimada:- Assistant Naval Attaché Italy, August 1936; Naval Attaché, same country, December 1917

[edit] Switzerland

  • Masakazu Kawabe:- Resident Officer, Switzerland, April 1918,
  • Hideki Tojo:- official duty, Switzerland, August 1919,
  • Yoshijiro Umezu:- Military Attaché, Switzerland, November 1919
  • Kioji Tominaga:- Member, Japanese Delegation to General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, December 1931
  • Kanji Ishihara:- Member, Japanese Delegation to Geneva Conference, October 1932
  • Keisuke Fujie:- member of Japanese Delegation, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, August 1931

[edit] Hungary

  • Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Military Attaché (LtCol), Austria--and Hungary, concurrently February 1927

[edit] Poland

  • Kiichiro Higuchi:- Military Attaché, Japanese Legation, Poland, May 1925
  • Haruyoshi Hyakutate:- Resident Officer, Poland, December 1925
  • Arao Okikatsu:- Assistant Military Attaché Poland, March 1936
  • Masataka Yamawaki:-Military Attaché to Warsaw 1934 - 1935

[edit] Soviet Union

  • Sadao Araki:- Language Officer, Russia, November 1909; Military Attaché, Russia, May 1913
  • Mitsumasa Yonai:- Resident Naval Officer, Russia, 1915
  • Kioji Tominaga:- Assistant Military Attaché, USSR, December 1928
  • Torashiro Kawabe:- Resident Officer,Riga,Latvia(studying Soviet military affairs), January 1926, Military Attaché, U.S.S.R., February 1932 April 1934
  • Saburo Hayashi:- Served in Soviet Union during 1938 as a language officer,later in 1939 was Assistant Military Attaché in Moscow.
  • Michitake Yamaoka:- Military Attaché to the Soviet Union (1940 - 1943)

[edit] Canada

[edit] United States

  • Tadamichi Kuribayashi:- Resident Officer, United States, September 1927
  • Kumaichi Teramoto:- Assistant Military Attaché, United States, December 1928
  • Hisaichi Tanaka:- Language Officer, United States
  • Shuizuichi Tanaka:- Military Attaché, United States, May 1932
  • Joichiro Sanada:- Official duty, United States, September 1936-September 1937
  • Masafumi Yamauchi:Military Attaché to USA 1938 - 1939
  • Hideo Iwakuro: special Duty, United States, 1941

[edit] Manchukuo

  • Otosaburo Yano:- Japanese Military Attaché,Hsinking,Manchukuo
  • Tadashi Hanaya:- (Head) Japanese Military Attaché,Hsinking,Manchukuo
  • Shun Akifusa:- (Head) Harbin Military Attaché Mission,Manchukuo

[edit] Mexico

[edit] Turkey

[edit] India

[edit] China

  • Shigeru Honjo:-Military Attaché to China
  • Seiichi Kita:- Resident Officer, China, February 1921, Resident Officer, China, May 1927
  • Kenji Doihara:- official duty, China, December 1922
  • Teiichi Suzuki:- Assistant Military Attaché, China, December 1929
  • Yuitsu Tsuchiachi:- concurrently Military Attaché, China, December 1940

[edit] Philippines

  • Gen Sugiyama:- official duty, Philippines, February 1912
  • Masafumi Yamauchi:Official tor to the Philippines 1934 - 1935

[edit] Singapore

[edit] Military attaches in Diplomatic missions

[edit] Concurrent Mission to Europe

[edit] Assistant to Peace Conference February 1919

  • Jo Iimura:- member, Plenipotentiary's Suite, Peace Conference, February 1919
  • Shunroku Hata: member, Plenipotentiary's Suite, Peace Conference, February 1919

[edit] Assistant to Mission to League of Nations,1920-23

  • Heisuke Yanagawa:-Member of the Japanese Military Mission to League of Nations during 1920-23 period

[edit] Assistant to London Conference 1929-May 30

  • Heitaro Kimura: Member, Japanese Delegation, London Conference, 1929-May 1930

[edit] Assistant to General Disarmament Conference,Geneva 1931-32

  • Keisuke Fujie: member of Japanese Delegation, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, August 1931
  • Kioji Tominaga: Member, Japanese Delegation to General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, December 1931
  • Kanji Ishihara: Member, Japanese Delegation to Geneva Conference, October 1932

[edit] Assistant to Ho-Umezu Agreement June 1935

  • Yoshihiro Umezu: Commanding General, China Garrison Army, March 1934 (Ho-Umezu Agreement, June 1935);

[edit] Member in Yamashita s Mission to Europe(Germany and Italy),December 1940-July 1941

[edit] Special Milittary Attache in Germany

  • Kazuo Otani: Special Milittary Attaché in Germany,official representant for buying armaments,also heavy supporter and liaison with the Nazis

[edit] Army attache in Matsuoka's mission to Europe and Russia

  • Yatsuji Nagai: Army attaché in Matsuoka's Diplomatic Mission to Europe and Russia

[edit] Army diplomatic support to Washington diplomatic mission

  • Hideo Iwakuro: Army Foreign Affairs officer, provided diplomatic support to the Washington mission

[edit] Special aide to Nomura Mission to Washington

  • Kaname Wakasugi: special aide to Nomura Mission to Washington