The Toseiha (統制派) was a faction in the Japanese military, active in the 1920s and 1930s. A faction is a group of people connected by a shared belief or opinion within a larger group. ...

The Tosei-Ha (Control Group) was led by General Kazushige Ugaki along with Gen Sugiyama, Koiso Kuniaki, Yoshijiro Umezu, Tetsuzan Nagata and Hideki Tojo. The Kodaha faction represented the radical and ultranationalist elements growing within the army; the Tosei-Ha attempted to represent the more conservative moderates. Both groups originated from divisions in the Double Leaf Society, created by the old-style samurai officers dropping out, and a new radical breed taking their place in the Japanese military. Fanatical beliefs in ultranationalism, and the need for a purge of the Choshu elements of the army, prevailed at the time. General Ugaki Kazushige (宇垣 一成; June 1868, Okayama prefecture, Japan - 30 April 1956, Tokyo) was a Japanese general. ... Gen Sugiyama (1880-1945) was a Japanese soldier and politician. ... Kuniaki Koiso Kuniaki Koiso (小磯 国昭 Koiso Kuniaki, March 22, 1880–November 3, 1950) was the 41st Prime Minister of Japan from July 22, 1944 to April 7, 1945. ... General Yoshijiro Umezu (梅津美治郎 Umezu Yoshijirō, 1882-1949) was the chief commander of the Japanese army in World War II. Along with War Minister Korechika Anami and Soemu Toyoda, Chief of Staff of the Navy, Umezu opposed surrender in August of 1945; he believed that the military should fight on, forcing... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hideki Tojo Hideki Tojo (東條 英機 Tōjō Hideki [â–¶]help) (December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army, political right-wing thinker and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 18, 1941 to July 22... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Moderate in the sense meant here is an intermediate position between those generally classified as being left-wing and those seen as being right-wing. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Jump to: navigation, search Japanese samurai in armour, 1860 photograph. ... Ultra-nationalists are extreme nationalists or patriots. ... Nagato (Ja. ...

Both factions took up some ideas from right-wing, fascist and right socialist political thought. The political movements were formed to gain power by democratic elections, or if necessary by force. In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Democracy is a form of government under which the power to alter the laws and structures of government lies, ultimately, with the citizenry. ...

Influences were Kita Ikki, and Nakano Seigo, amongst others of 1920s and 1930s period. There was a later merger in the Imperial Way Faction nationalist party. Kita Ikki (北 一輝, April 3, 1883 - August 19, 1937) is a Japanese author See also: Japanese literature, List of Japanese authors Categories: 1883 births | 1937 deaths ... Nakano Seigō (中野正剛) (1886-October 1943) was a Japanese political leader who advocated a fascist Japan to complete the Meiji Restoration. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...