<P> Inukai 's successors , military men chosen by Saionji Kinmochi , the last surviving genrō , recognized Manchukuo and generally approved the army 's actions in securing Manchuria as an industrial base , an area for Japanese emigration , and a potential staging ground for war with the Soviet Union . Various army factions contended for power amid increasing suppression of dissent and more assassinations . In the February 26 Incident of 1936 , the Army 's elite First Infantry Division staged an attempted coup d'état in yet another effort to overthrow civilian rule . The revolt was put down by other military units , and its leaders were executed after secret trials . Despite public dismay over these events and the discredit they brought to numerous military figures , Japan 's civilian leadership capitulated to the army 's demands in the hope of ending domestic violence . Increases were seen in defense budgets , naval construction ( Japan announced it would no longer accede to disarmament treaties ) , and patriotic indoctrination as Japan moved toward a wartime footing . </P>
<P> Inukai 's successors , military men chosen by Saionji Kinmochi , the last surviving genrō , recognized Manchukuo and generally approved the army 's actions in securing Manchuria as an industrial base , an area for Japanese emigration , and a potential staging ground for war with the Soviet Union . Various army factions contended for power amid increasing suppression of dissent and more assassinations . In the February 26 Incident of 1936 , the Army 's elite First Infantry Division staged an attempted coup d'état in yet another effort to overthrow civilian rule . The revolt was put down by other military units , and its leaders were executed after secret trials . Despite public dismay over these events and the discredit they brought to numerous military figures , Japan 's civilian leadership capitulated to the army 's demands in the hope of ending domestic violence . Increases were seen in defense budgets , naval construction ( Japan announced it would no longer accede to disarmament treaties ) , and patriotic indoctrination as Japan moved toward a wartime footing . </P>
who had the most influence over the japanese government by the mid 1930s
who had the most influence over the japanese government by the mid 1930s
the army
the army