Army War College (Japan)

Much of the empire's elite including prime ministers during the period of Japanese militarism were graduates of the college.

Learning tended to be by rote memorization, with little encouragement for creative thinking or discussion among the students.

[2] The curriculum was a three-year course, and was considered a necessary prerequisite for future promotion to a staff rank (i.e. that of general).

The college graduated 60 classes before it was abolished following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II.

Its building in Tokyo, constructed in 1891, was demolished after the war and replaced by a municipal junior high school in 1955.