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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= Tokyo Express
|image=TokyoExpress.jpg
|image_size=300px
|caption=Japanese troops load onto a warship in preparation for a "Tokyo Express" run sometime in 1942.
|dates= August 1942 &ndash; November 1943
|country= {{Flag|Empire of Japan}}
|allegiance= [[Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan|Imperial Japanese Armed Forces]]
|branch= [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]
|type= [[Ad hoc]] [[military logistics]] organization
|role= Supply and reinforcement to Japanese [[Imperial Japanese Army|Army]] and Navy units located in the [[Solomon Islands]] and [[New Guinea]]
|size= Varied
|command_structure=
|garrison= [[Rabaul]], [[New Britain]]<br>[[Shortland Islands]] and [[Buin, Papua New Guinea|Buin]], [[Solomon Islands]]
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|equipment=
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|nickname=Cactus Express<br>"Rat" or "Ant" transportation (Japanese names)
|patron=
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|battles=[[Battle of Cape Esperance]]<br>[[Battle of Tassafaronga]]<br>[[Operation Ke]]<br>[[Battle of Blackett Strait]]<br>[[Battle of Kula Gulf]]<br>[[Battle of Kolombangara]]<br>[[Battle of Vella Gulf]]<br>[[Battle off Horaniu]]<br>[[Naval Battle of Vella Lavella]]<br>[[Battle of Cape St. George]]
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|colonel_of_the_regiment=
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|notable_commanders= [[Gunichi Mikawa]]<br>[[Raizo Tanaka]]<br>[[Shintarō Hashimoto]]<ref>Evans 176</ref><br>[[Matsuji Ijuin]]
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}}
[[File:Tokyo_Express_Slot.jpg|thumb|Tokyo Express Slot]]
[[File:Solomon Islands Campaign.jpg|thumb|Solomon Islands Campaign]]
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The '''Tokyo Express''' was the name given by [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces to the use of [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] ships at night to deliver personnel, supplies, and equipment to Japanese forces operating in and around [[New Guinea]] and the [[Solomon Islands]] during the [[Pacific War|Pacific campaign]] of [[World War II]]. The operation involved loading personnel or supplies aboard fast warships (mainly [[destroyer]]s), later [[submarine]]s, and using the warships' speed to deliver the personnel or supplies to the desired location and return to the originating base all within one night so Allied aircraft could not intercept them by day.