IJA

Appendix:Variations of "ija" English Proper noun en military en w:Imperial Japanese Army, the army of Imperial Japan, predecessor of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, usually in reference to WWII. en 2013 Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Chatto & Windus (2014) 239 The Japanese, with their respect for hierarchy, while compelling all the lower ranks to work, made no such demands on the officers, who stayed in [the POW] camp and, bizarrely, were paid by the IJA a minuscule salary.