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:

* The Government Seal of Japan (also called the Paulownia Seal)
* The Imperial Seal of Japan (also called the Chrysanthemum Seal)
* The Privy Seal of Japan
* The State Seal of Japan (also called the Great Seal of Japan)

## Gallery

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* Cabinet Seal

* Government Seal

* Imperial Seal

* Privy Seal

* State Seal

## See also

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* Mon (emblem)
* Flags of Japan
* Imperial Regalia of Japan
* Chrysanthemum Throne
* Japanese honors system

## External links

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* 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)

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Seals in the Sinosphere

China|

* Babao seal paste
* Banknote seal
* Heirloom Seal of the Realm
* People's Government of the People's Republic of China
* Xiling Seal Art Society

Japan|

* King of Na gold seal
* National seals of Japan
* Government Seal
* Imperial Seal
* Privy Seal
* State Seal

Korea|

* Guksae
* Seal of South Korea

Mongolia|

* Imperial Seal of the Mongols
* State seal of Mongolia

Taiwan|

* National seals of Taiwan

Vietnam|

* Seals of the Nguyễn dynasty

General|

* Seal carving
* Side carving
* Seal script
* Seal knob

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Empire of Japan

Overview|

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* State Shinto
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Emperors|

* Meiji (Mutsuhito)
* Taishō (Yoshihito)
* Shōwa (Hirohito)

Symbols|

* Flag of Japan
* Rising Sun Flag
* National seals of Japan
* Imperial Seal
* Government Seal
* State Seal
* Privy Seal
* Kimigayo

Policies|

* Constitution
* Charter Oath
* Foreign relations
* Imperial Rescript on Education
* Imperial Rule Assistance Association
* Yokusan Sonendan
* Great Japan Youth Party
* Kokutai
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* Political parties
* Supreme Court of Judicature
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* Greater East Asia Conference
* Senbu
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Government|

Administration
(ministries)

* Imperial Household
* Home Ministry
* War
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* Treasury
* Foreign Affairs
* Agriculture and Commerce
* Commerce and Industry
* Munitions
* Colonial Affairs
* Greater East Asia
* East Asia Development Board (Kōain)

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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

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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)

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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
* Motherland controversy
* 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

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Puppet states|

* Manchukuo
* Mengjiang
* Wang Jingwei regime
* Second Philippine Republic
* Empire of Vietnam
* Kingdom of Kampuchea
* Kingdom of Luang Prabang
* 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

Other topics|

* Fukoku kyōhei
* German pre–World War II industrial co-operation
* Hakkō ichiu
* Hokushin-ron
* International Military Tribunal for the Far East
* Internment camps
* Japanese settlers in Manchuria
* Nanshin-ron
* Political dissidence
* Shinmin no Michi
* Shōwa Modan
* Socialist thought
* Sonnō jōi
* Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman
* Yasukuni Shrine

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