Public Security Preservation Law

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Japanese law repressive law security legislation

The Public Security Preservation Law was a repressive Japanese statute enacted in the 1920s to suppress political dissent, especially socialist and communist movements, by criminalizing activities deemed threatening to the imperial state.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Subversive Activities Prevention Act	2
Public Security Preservation Law canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese law ⓘ repressive law ⓘ security legislation ⓘ
aimedAt	communist movements ⓘ labor movements ⓘ socialist movements ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chian Iji Hō ⓘ
characterizedAs	authoritarian ⓘ repressive ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
criminalized	activities deemed threatening to the imperial state ⓘ attempts to alter the kokutai ⓘ organizing associations with socialist or communist objectives ⓘ
effect	restriction of freedom of association ⓘ restriction of freedom of speech ⓘ suppression of political parties on the left ⓘ
enactedBy	Imperial Diet ⓘ surface form: Imperial Diet of Japan
enactedInDecade	1920s ⓘ
enactedInYear	1925 ⓘ
enforcedBy	Special Higher Police ⓘ surface form: Tokkō (Special Higher Police)
expandedInYear	1928 ⓘ
expansionEffect	introduced death penalty for certain political crimes ⓘ strengthened penalties for subversive activities ⓘ
hasConsequence	forced ideological conversion (tenkō) of activists ⓘ imprisonment of political dissidents ⓘ
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ prewar Japan ⓘ
ideologicalBasis	defense of kokutai ⓘ preservation of the imperial institution ⓘ
influencedBy	fear of domestic radicalism ⓘ
languageOfText	Japanese ⓘ
legalCategory	anti-communist legislation ⓘ public security law ⓘ
legalSystem	Japanese colonial empire ⓘ surface form: Japanese Empire
politicalContext	Taisho era ⓘ surface form: Taishō democracy period fear of Bolshevism after Russian Revolution ⓘ
purpose	protection of the imperial state ⓘ suppression of political dissent ⓘ
relatedTo	Peace Preservation Law (Japan) ⓘ
repealedBy	Allied military governments ⓘ surface form: Allied occupation authorities
repealedInYear	1945 ⓘ
repealedUnder	Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
signedBy	Emperor Taishō ⓘ
subjectOf	studies on Japanese political repression ⓘ
targetedGroup	Japanese Communist Party ⓘ surface form: Japan Communist Party labor organizers ⓘ left-wing intellectuals ⓘ
usedBy	Special Higher Police ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peace Preservation Law of 1925 → alsoKnownAs → Public Security Preservation Law ⓘ

Public Security Intelligence Agency → legalBasis → Public Security Preservation Law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Subversive Activities Prevention Act

Public Security Intelligence Agency of Japan → legalBasis → Public Security Preservation Law ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Security Intelligence Agency

this entity surface form: Subversive Activities Prevention Act