The Japanese rank now refers to the job title awarded by the Japanese Self-Defense Force. Used to refer to the old rank adopted by the old Japanese army before the end of World War II.
After Meiji Restoration, under the suggestion of Hirofumi Ito, the governor of Hyogo Prefecture, the Emperor established an army directly under the central government, which was divided into two services: the army and the navy. Before 1945, the rank of Grand Marshal of the Great Japanese Empire was the Supreme Commander and was awarded to the Japanese Emperor.
At that time, the Constitution of the Great Japanese Empire stipulated that the Emperor was the commander-in-chief of Lu Haijun, who had full authority to decide the organizational system and the number of standing troops in Lu Haijun, and declared war, made peace and imposed martial law. This period is the grade of old Japan. After World War II, the old Japanese rank was abolished.
After World War II, according to the current Japanese Constitution, the Japanese Cabinet re-issued a new rank.
Japanese hierarchy
1840, Japan learned the lesson of China's defeat in the Opium War and saw the importance of improving "military system and weapons". 1In June of 853, American warships shelled Kagoshima. The following year, the British-American-French-Dutch joint fleet shelled Shimonoseki again.
Japan, humiliated, is determined to catch up, emulate Europe and America and improve its military system. Japan is still in the shogunate period. The shogunate decided to imitate the western army and organize 13625 three foreign brigades, namely infantry, cavalry and artillery, "and imitate the western military system to define the distribution class in Lu Haijun". This is the earliest Western European-style rank system established in Japanese history.