Army Ministry

Army Ministry

陸軍省 Rikugun-shō
HQ building of the Imperial Japanese Army, Tokyo, from 1937–1945
Agency overview
Formed	April 1872 (1872-04)
Preceding	Ministry of War
Dissolved	November 1945 (1945-11)
Superseding agency	Ministry of Defense
Jurisdiction	Imperial Japanese Army

The Army Ministry (陸軍省, Rikugun-shō), also known as the Ministry of War, was the cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). It existed from 1872 to 1945.

In the IJA and IJN, the ministries were in charge of Gunsei (軍政, military administration), and Army General Staff Office and Navy General Staff were in charge of Gunrei (軍令, military command). The two were distinguished.