Kanji Kato

Kanji Katō
Admiral Kanji Katō in 1935
Born	(1870-10-26)26 October 1870 Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Died	9 February 1939(1939-02-09) (aged 68)
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1891–1935
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Tsukuba, Ibuki, Hiei, Naval Gunnery School, 5th Squadron, Naval War College, Vice-chief of Naval General Staff, 2nd Fleet, Yokosuka Naval District, Combined Fleet, 1st Fleet, Chief of Naval General Staff
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War World War I

Kanji Kato or Kanji Katō (1870–1939) was a Japanese naval officer during World War I.

Biography[]

Kanji Kato was a naval attaché at the Embassy of Japan in London in 1909. He had opposed the signing of the 1930 Treaty of London, which established limitations on arms between Japan, the United States and Great Britain. In 1930 he resigned rather than attend a dinner in honour of US Ambassador William Richards Castle Jr., in protest against the naval restrictions negotiated with him.^[1] Kato fought against the treaty limitations, and the treaty of 1936, finally dying after writing his memoirs, widely regarded^{[citation needed]} as a treatise on why Japan was disadvantaged by the treaties. His actions prevented him from advancing in rank and probably cost him a seat in the government. He had an active antagonistic relationship with Yamamoto, who used his influence to prevent Kato from advancing.^[2]

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Bibliography[]

• Lawrence Sondhaus (2004). Navies in Modern World History. Reaktion Books. pp. 217–219. ISBN 9781861894557.

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