Yamagata+Aritomo

__Yamagata Aritomo __ Yamagata Aritomo was a samurai who became the prime minister of Japan. He was a statesman who became a big supporter of westernization when he came back to Japan after researching the militaries of the Western Powers. He began to modernize the Japanese army by modeling it after the Prussian army. Aritomo was eventually named Lord of Army and he created the General Staff Office which greatly improved his political power. He also had a hand in having a moral code written for the army. Yamagata Aritomo was named Lord Chancellor as well as the official elder statesman. He also served as the Chief Officer during the Russo-Japanese war .