Tokkō

E559996

political police force special higher police

Tokkō was the colloquial name for Japan’s prewar and wartime Special Higher Police, a political police force tasked with suppressing dissent and ideological opposition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tokkō canonical	2
Tokku	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political police force ⓘ special higher police ⓘ
abbreviationOf	Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
activeDuring	World War II ⓘ prewar period of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
dissolutionPeriod	post-1945 occupation of Japan ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Allied occupation authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalReputation	repressive security organ ⓘ
ideologicalTarget	anarchism ⓘ communism ⓘ liberal democracy ⓘ religious groups deemed subversive ⓘ socialism ⓘ
ideology	militarism ⓘ ultranationalism ⓘ
jurisdiction	internal security of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Peace Preservation Law of 1925 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRole	control of anarchist activities ⓘ control of communist activities ⓘ control of left-wing movements ⓘ control of socialist activities ⓘ suppression of labor movements ⓘ suppression of political dissent ⓘ surveillance of ideological opposition ⓘ
nativeName	特別高等警察 ⓘ
notableFor	suppression of ideological and political opposition in prewar and wartime Japan ⓘ
officialName	Special Higher Police NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Japanese left-wing activists ⓘ civil liberties advocates in Japan ⓘ
partOf	Japanese police system ⓘ
relatedTo	Kempeitai NERFINISHED ⓘ Peace Preservation Law NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	monitoring labor unions ⓘ monitoring political parties ⓘ monitoring religious sects ⓘ monitoring student groups ⓘ
subordinateTo	Home Ministry of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of Justice of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedRegime	authoritarian rule in prewar Japan ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	state security agency ⓘ
usedMethods	arrest of political suspects ⓘ censorship ⓘ infiltration of organizations ⓘ interrogation ⓘ surveillance ⓘ

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

Special Higher Police → shortName → Tokkō ⓘ

Special Higher Police → abbreviation → Tokkō ⓘ

Kappa → hasCharacter → Tokkō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tokku