It was designated the Type 14 because 1926 was the 14th year of the reign of Emperor ... the Nambu wasn’t the *official* issue sidearm of the Imperial Japanese Army, as IJA officers were ...

NAHA--Okinawa Prefecture will preserve the remains of the Imperial Japanese Army headquarters that served as a command post beneath Shuri-jo Castle here during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

HIROSHIMA--The ruins of the facilities of the Imperial Japanese Army's logistics corps that were destroyed in the atomic bombing were discovered on the west side of Hiroshima Castle here ...