One example was that when the London Naval Conference was held in 1930, TOGO was opposed to the treaty for the limitation of naval armaments, and another one was that he expressed objection to the draft for correction of the disparities in treatments between the branches of teeth arms and those of supporting arms (the issue about line of command; teeth arms were superior to supporting arms in everything, such as treatments, personnel affairs, and command authorities).
昭和5年（1930年）のロンドン海軍軍縮会議に際して反対の立場を取ったロンドン軍縮問題はその典型であるが、その他に明治以来の懸案であった、兵科と機関科の処遇格差の是正（一系問題。兵科は機関科に対し処遇・人事・指揮権等全てに優越していた）についても東郷は改革案に反対した。