National seals of Japan

Emblems used by the Japanese state

The national seals of Japan comprise the following emblems used for the purpose of authentication by the Emperor and government of Japan:

Gallery

Emperor Showa signing documents and using the State and Privy Seal of Japan
Japan Crest free material hakkodaiodo—Detailed commentary on Japanese kamon and a list of images. Free material is eps format.(in Japanese)

East Asian and Vietnamese seals

China

General

Overview

Emperors

Symbols

Policies

Government

Administration (ministries)	Imperial Household Home Ministry War Army Navy Treasury Foreign Affairs Agriculture and Commerce Commerce and Industry Munitions Colonial Affairs Greater East Asia East Asia Development Board (Kōain)
Legislative and deliberative bodies	Daijō-kan Privy Council Gozen Kaigi Imperial Diet Peers Representatives

Military

Armed Forces	Imperial General Headquarters Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors Senjinkun military code Nuclear weapons program Kamikaze War crimes Supreme War Council Conscription
Imperial Japanese Army	General Staff Air Service Railways and Shipping Imperial Guard Imperial Way Faction (Kōdōha) Japanese holdout Taiwan Army of Japan Control Faction (Tōseiha) Kempeitai
Imperial Japanese Navy	General Staff Air Service Marines Tokkeitai Fleet Faction Treaty Faction

History

Meiji era	Meiji Restoration Beipu uprising Boshin War Two Lords Incident Satsuma Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War Triple Intervention Boxer Rebellion Anglo–Japanese Alliance Russo-Japanese War Invasion of Taiwan (1874) Invasion of Taiwan (1895)
Taishō era	World War I Entry Siberian Intervention General Election Law Washington Naval Treaty Manchuria–Mongolia problem Taishō Democracy Taishō Roman Tapani incident Truku War Racial Equality Proposal
Shōwa era	Shōwa financial crisis Jinan incident London Naval Treaty Musha Incident Pacification of Manchukuo January 28 incident Anti-Comintern Pact Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet–Japanese border conflicts Rape of Nanking Tripartite Pact Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact Japan during World War II Pacific War Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Soviet–Japanese War Surrender (Potsdam Declaration, Hirohito surrender broadcast) Occupation

Territories

Colonies	Karafuto (naichi after 1943) Chōsen Kantō-shū Nan'yō Taiwan
Puppet states	Manchukuo Mengjiang Wang Jingwei regime Second Philippine Republic Empire of Vietnam State of Burma Azad Hind
Occupied territories	Borneo Burma Dutch East Indies French Indochina Hong Kong Malaya Philippines Singapore Thailand
Ideology	Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Yen Bloc