He remained in various administrative and bureaucratic positions within the Army Staff until 1933, when he was assigned command of the IJA 68th Infantry Regiment.

In 1937, he became Chief of Staff of the Tokyo Metropolitan Military Police, in charge of organizing defenses for eastern Japan.

He was promoted to lieutenant general that March and assigned command of the IJA 2nd Division that November.

On May 7, 1945 he was promoted to general, and in June received the honorific title of Junior Third Court Rank.

On September 14, 1945, shortly after the surrender of Japan, he committed suicide at The Imperial Japanese Army headquarters in Ichigaya, Tokyo.