Public Security Preservation Law

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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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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 of Japan
linked to: Imperial Diet
enactedInDecade 1920s
enactedInYear 1925
enforcedBy 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 Empire
politicalContext Taishō democracy period
linked to: Taisho era

fear of Bolshevism after Russian Revolution
purpose protection of the imperial state
suppression of political dissent
relatedTo Peace Preservation Law (Japan)
repealedBy Allied occupation authorities
repealedInYear 1945
repealedUnder Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
signedBy Emperor Taishō
subjectOf studies on Japanese political repression
targetedGroup Japan Communist Party
labor organizers
left-wing intellectuals
usedBy Special Higher Police

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Peace Preservation Law of 1925 alsoKnownAs Public Security Preservation Law
Public Security Intelligence Agency legalBasis Subversive Activities Prevention Act
linked to: Public Security Preservation Law
Public Security Intelligence Agency legalBasis Subversive Activities Prevention Act
linked to: Public Security Preservation Law