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