Military Factions (軍閥, Gunbatsu?) is a Japanese language term having two separate meanings. It is used to refer in the Japanese military in general, when it competed against the civilian leadership for control of the government’s domestic and foreign policy in the pre-World War II Empire of Japan. It is also used to refer to political factions or cliques within the Japanese military itself. The term came into common use in the Taishō period (1912-1926).
Read more about Gunbatsu: Gunbatsu in Terms of National Policy, Gumbatsu in Terms of Internal Issues Within The Military