Central government
Supreme head of state
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan: supreme Commander in Chief of Armed Imperial Forces, head of state, and representative of the "Imperial Sun Lineage", State Shinto and Worship national god image, and chief of the Imperial Household Ministry.
President of the Imperial Council
Yoshimichi Hara: President of the "Imperial Council" and "Imperial Throne Council of War" also the Emperor's representatives
Chairman of the Imperial Advisory Council
Kantarō Suzuki: Chairman of the Imperial Advisory Council
Imperial family members
The following were closely involved in the government and military of Japan:
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Prince Chichibu
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi
Prince Mikasa
Prince Nashimoto Morimasa
Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko
Prince Higashikuni Morihiro
Prince Takamatsu
Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi
Prince Kan'in Kotohito
Prince Kan'in Haruhito
Prince Kaya Tsunenori
Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa
Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa
Prince Kuni Asaakira
Prince Yamashina Takehiko
Prince Yi Un (Crown Prince of Korea)
Vice Chairman of the Councilors of Court
Kantarō Suzuki: Vice-chairman of the Councilors of Court
Prime Ministers
Senjuro Hayashi: Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of Kwantung Army, Minister of War, member of Imperial Privy Council amongst political adviser in Taisei Yokusankai Kōki Hirota: Prime Minister, also chief of secret services in the Black Dragon Society Fumimaro Konoe: Prime Minister; in his second term organized the Tonarigumi organization, Nation Service Society official government syndicate, and Taisei Yokusankai (Imperial Rule Assistance Association) group amongst official expert of Jews affairs Hiranuma Kiichirō: General in Imperial Forces, Prime Minister, Home Affairs and Justice Minister, chief of Keishicho Police forces, Minister without Portfolio, founder and leader in Shintoist Rites Research Council amongst Last President of Imperial Privy Council Nobuyuki Abe: Imperial Army General, Prime Minister, member of Imperial Privy Council, political adviser in militarist Genro grouping and last Governor in Chosen Mitsumasa Yonai:Imperial Navy Admiral, Prime Minister, Minister of Marine, Chief of War Relief Association, expert in Jews topics amongst Imperial and Supreme War Councillor Hideki Tōjō: Prime Minister, Home Affairs Minister, Education Minister, Trade Minister, War Minister, Head of Kodoha Party; also Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Imperial Forces in same period, also led the Keishicho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); also was for some time head of the Munitions Ministry. Koiso Kuniaki: Prime Minister and head of Ministry of Greater East Asia (Japan), Vice-Minister of War, also commander of the Imperial Volunteer Corps defensive organization Kantarō Suzuki: Imperial Navy Admiral, Marine Minister, Military Councillor, Grand Chamberlain and Privy Councilor, later Prime Minister Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko: Prime Minister, Staff Officer, Army General Staff Headquarters, Military Councilor, Chief of the Army Aeronautical Department, and Commander-in-Chief of the Home Defense Headquarters
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Kenji Tomita: Chief Cabinet Secretary in Minister Konoe period
Military Secretary to Prime Minister
Makoto Matsutani: Military Secretary to Prime Minister
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Makino Nobuaki (30 March 1925 – 26 February 1935) Saitō Makoto (26 February 1935 – 26 February 1936) Ichiki Kitokuro (6 March 1936 – 6 March 1936) Yuasa Kurahei (6 March 1936 – 1 June 1940) Kōichi Kido (1 June 1940 – 24 November 1945)
Imperial Privy Council
President of Privy Council
Yoshimichi Hara: President of Privy Council
Hiranuma Kiichirō: Last President of Privy Council
Privy Councillors
Jirō Minami: Privy Councillor
Kantarō Suzuki: Privy Councillor
Nobuyuki Abe: Privy Councillor
Hiranuma Kiichirō: Privy Councillor
Senjuro Hayashi: Privy Councillor
Shigeru Honjō: Privy Councillor
Hideki Tōjō: Privy Councilor
Imperial State Council
Sadao Araki: State Councillor
Imperial Aide to the Crown Prince
Takeji Nara: Imperial Aide to the Kōtaishi (Crown Prince)