nese Army was Minister of War Yamiga Aritomo (1838-1922). Aritomo presided over the modernization of the armed forces. He struggled to maintain the independence of the army from party politics and succeeded in reserving for the military direct access to the emperor, which was later expanded to include a veto by the military over cabinet changes. An advocate of cautious expansionism, Aritomo resisted Russian encroachments into Manchuria and
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