In February 1944, he was hand-picked by Prime Minister Hideki Tojo to serve as Vice Chief of the General Staff a member of the Supreme War Council, Inspector-General of Army Aviation and Chief of the Army Aeronautical Department within the Army Ministry, as he had been a close protégée of Tojo from his early days in the Army.
In February 1944, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo chose him for a crucial position within the Supreme War Council, as well as Inspector-General of Army Aviation and head of the Army Aeronautical Department within the Ministry of the Army, highlighting his close relationship with Tojo from their early days in the military.