noun
Chief Administration for Intelligence
Historical organization name; refers to the intelligence department of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office.
参謀本部情報総局は、戦前の日本陸軍の情報機関だった。
The Chief Administration for Intelligence was the intelligence agency of the pre-war Japanese Army.
Compound of 参謀本部 (General Staff Office) + 情報 (intelligence) + 総局 (general bureau). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a formal organizational title.