Political repression in Imperial Japan

Political repression in Imperial Japan lasted from the Meiji period to the fall of the Empire of Japan after the end of World War II. Throughout this period, dissidence was curtailed by laws, and police, and dissidents became Political prisoners in Imperial Japan.

Several laws were passed to curtail dissidence in Imperial Japan, including the Public Peace Police Law in 1900, and the Peace Preservation Law in 1925.^[1]

The earliest secret police in Imperial Japan was the Danjodai, established in May 1869. The Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu (Tokko) was established in 1911 following the Great Treason Incident of 1910.^[2]

The regime of Imperial Japan was different from other Axis countries. Internally, Japan was oppressive but not in the extent of Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy.^[3] It did not become a dictatorship.^[4]

See also

• Political prisoners in Imperial Japan
• Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period
• Censorship in the Empire of Japan
• Tenkō
• Red Scare in Japan

References

1. Tipton 1990, pp. 18–73.
2. Tipton 1990, p. 45.
3. Tipton 1990, pp. 134–154.
4. Shillony, Ben-Ami (1981). Politics and culture in wartime Japan. Oxford University Press. p. 177.

• Tipton, Elise K. (1990). The Japanese Police State: The Tokkô in Interwar Japan. University of Hawaii Press.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Richard H. (1992). Janus-Faced Justice: Political Criminals in Imperial Japan. University of Hawaii Press.

External links

• "Glossary and Abbreviations". Birth of the Constitution of Japan. National Diet Library. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
• "Fetters Taken From the Japs by MacArthur". The Milwaukee Journal. Oct 4, 1945.
• "THINKING AS A CRIME TOKIO PROFESSOR ARRESTED". Tweed Daily. Apr 29, 1939.