First Army (Japan)

Japanese First Army
Japanese First Army
	Japanese General Kuroki and his Chief of Staff Shigeta Fujii
Active	September 1894 – September 1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Corps
Nickname(s)	Otsu (乙, Second)
Engagements	First Sino-Japanese War; Russo-Japanese War; Second Sino-Japanese War; World War II

The Japanese 1st Army (第1軍, Dai-ichi gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was raised and demobilized on three occasions.

Japanese 1st Army (1897-1898)
Parent unit	Imperial General Headquarters
Components	3rd Infantry Division 5th Infantry Division

Japanese 1st Army (1904-1905)
Parent unit	Imperial General Headquarters
Components	Imperial Guards Division 2nd Infantry Division 12th Infantry Division

Japanese 1st Army (15 August 1945)
Parent unit	Japanese Northern China Area Army
Components	114th Infantry Division IJA 3rd Independent Combined Brigade^[1] IJA 10th Independent Infantry Brigade IJA 14th Independent Infantry Brigade