This list of major Japanese institutions covers government and some private institutions and businesses, for the period 1930 to August 1945.
Japanese Central Government
Imperial affairs
Imperial Household Ministry
Privy Council (Japan) Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
Legislature
Diet of Japan
House of Peers
House of Representatives of Japan
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Cabinet
Prime Minister of Japan
Ministry of War of Japan
Ministry of the Navy of Japan
Munitions Ministry (Japan) Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan) Ministry of Welfare (Japan) Foreign Affairs Ministry Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry of Finance (Japan) Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) Railway Ministry (Japan) Home Ministry Ministry of Justice (Japan) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Japan) Governor-General of Korea Governor-General of Taiwan Governor-General of Kwantung Ministry of Colonial Affairs (Japan) Ministry of Greater East Asia South Seas Mandate Governor of the South Seas Mandate
Judicial
Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan
Tokyo High Court
Tokyo District Court
National security institutions
Imperial General Headquarters
Supreme War Council (Japan) Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office Imperial Japanese Army Kwantung Army Imperial Japanese Army Academy Army War College (Japan) Imperial Japanese Navy Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff Imperial Japanese Navy Academy Naval War College (Japan) Imperial Guard of Japan Inspectorate General of Military Training Kempeitai (Army Military Police) Tokkeitai (Navy Military Police) Tokko Keishicho Koban (police box) Inspectorate General of Aviation Tachikawa Army Arsenal Sagami Army Arsenal Osaka Army Arsenal Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Omura Naval Arsenal Koza Naval Arsenal Kasumigara Naval Arsenal Aomori Naval Arsenal
Political organizations related to government
Tonarigumi
Imperial Youth Federation
Imperial Youth Corps
Imperial Volunteer Corps
Nation Service Society
National Spiritual Mobilization Movement
Showa Kenkyukai
Informative government agencies
Domei-Tsushin Press Agency
Radio Tokyo
Other associations and groups
Japan Olympic Association
Japanese Red Cross
Boy Scouts of Nippon
Newspapers
Asahi Shimbun
Chunichi Shimbun
Hokkaido Shimbun
Japan Times
Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun
Osaka Mainichi Shimbun
Hochi Shimbun
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
Nishinippon Shimbun
Sankei Shimbun
Tokyo Shimbun
Yomiuri Shimbun
Educational institutions
National school public system (Kokumin Gakkou) Imperial university system Tokyo Imperial University Kyoto Imperial University Osaka Imperial University Nagoya Imperial University Kyushu Imperial University Hokkaido Imperial University Keijo Imperial University Taihoku Imperial University Gakushuin Peers School
Scientific research
RIKEN
Official Religious institutions
State Shinto
Yasukuni Jinja
Nationalized businesses
Bank of Chosen
Bank of Taiwan
Central Bank of Manchou
Chosen Railway Company
East Asia Travel Corporation
East Chinese Railway
Imperial Japanese Airways
Karafuto Mining and Railway Company
Manchurian Industrial Development Company
Manshukoku Hikoki Seizo KK
Manshukoku Koku KK
Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha (South Seas Development Company) Yawata Iron & Steel Company Nippon Yusen Showa Steel Works South Manchuria Railway Taiwan Takushoku Kabushiki Kaisha
