Due to the defeat in the Second World War Kaikosha disbanded for a time, but starting around the year 1951 interested veterans were coming together and in the year 1952 they revived their group under the name Kaikokai in order to continue the traditions of the Imperial Japanese Army. However, on 28 December 1957, at the same time as the new organization was formally incorporated, they returned to their original name. By contrast, the Suikosha, which represented officers of the Imperial Japanese Navy before the war, also resurrected around the same time but changed its name permanently to Suikokai.