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Japanese militarism [r]: The influence of military officers on the governance and foreign policy of Japan, principally prior to and including World War Two in the Pacific, but possibly including post-1945 developments ^[e]
Three Crows [r]: Formed in 1921, a political faction within the Imperial Japanese Army, which wanted Army modernization, purging of the samurai traditions of the Choshu Clan, and the conquest of Manchuria ^[e]
Control faction [r]: 'Toseiha, One of the two major ultranationalist factions in the Imperial Japanese Army and militarized politics in the 1930s; emphasized technology and economics over the spiritual approach of the Imperial Way faction ^[e]
Tetsuzan Nagata [r]: Imperial Japanese Army general, assassinated in 1935, who was one of the Three Crows who urged military modernization from 1921 onwards, and the key leader of the later Toseiha (Control Faction); these groups contributed to the military dominance that led to the Pacific War ^[e]

Eleven Reliables [r]: A group of eleven mid-career Imperial Japanese Army officers, recruited in 1921 by Prince Higashikuni and the Three Crows in 1921, expected to become leaders in reforming the Army and ousting the Choshu Clan influence ^[e]
Japanese decision for war in 1941 [r]: The specific plans, decisions and preliminary operations (e.g. French Indochina), by the Empire of Japan, to begin large-scale operations of World War Two in the Pacific in December 1941, primarily in 1941 but some in 1940; level of detail below Strike-South Movement ^[e]
Strike-South Faction [r]: Japanese policymakers, in the military, Palace and government, who favored a war for resources that would invade Southeast Asia and the Pacific, directly confronting the Western powers although the initial plan was to avoid conflict with other than Britain ^[e]
International Military Tribunal for the Far East [r]: Add brief definition or description

Kempetai [r]: Add brief definition or description
Imperial Way faction [r]: One of the two major ultranationalist factions in the Imperial Japanese Army and militarized politics in the 1930s; emphasized spirituality over the technological approach of the Control faction ^[e]
Strike-North Faction [r]: One of two competing Japanese strategies for expansion beyond China and Mongolia, striking into the Soviet Union in search of resources; supporters included the Imperial Way Faction, but Emperor Hirohito and the bulk of the high command chose Strike-South into Southeast Asia ^[e]