Peace Preservation Law of 1925

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The Peace Preservation Law of 1925 was a Japanese statute that criminalized socialist, communist, and other anti-imperial ideologies in order to protect the emperor-centered state and suppress political dissent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese law ⓘ
repressive legislation ⓘ
aimedAt communist ideologies ⓘ
other anti-imperial ideologies ⓘ
socialist ideologies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Public Security Preservation Law ⓘ
appliedIn Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1925 ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
criminalized advocacy of altering the kokutai ⓘ
forming associations that denied private property ⓘ
organizing associations with the objective of altering the kokutai ⓘ
dateEnacted 1925-04-22 ⓘ
effect expansion of political policing ⓘ
restriction of freedom of association ⓘ
restriction of freedom of speech ⓘ
suppression of socialist and communist organizations ⓘ
enforcedBy Home Ministry of Japan ⓘ
Special Higher Police ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation of Japan’s interwar security state ⓘ
key instrument of prewar Japanese thought control ⓘ
ideologicalBasis anti-communism ⓘ
emperor-centered nationalism ⓘ
jurisdiction Japan ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
laterAmended to allow death penalty for certain offenses ⓘ
to increase maximum penalties ⓘ
legalStatus repealed ⓘ
penalty imprisonment ⓘ
long-term penal servitude ⓘ
politicalContext Taishō period Japan ⓘ
linked to: Taisho era

rise of left-wing movements in Japan ⓘ
protectedConcept emperor system ⓘ
kokutai ⓘ
purpose to criminalize anti-imperial ideologies ⓘ
to protect the emperor-centered state ⓘ
to suppress political dissent ⓘ
relatedTo Public Security Preservation Law system ⓘ
Universal Manhood Suffrage Law of 1925 ⓘ
repealedAfter Japan’s defeat in World War II ⓘ
repealedBy Allied Occupation authorities ⓘ
targetedGroup Japan Communist Party ⓘ
labor activists ⓘ
socialist intellectuals ⓘ
typeOfRestriction ideological control ⓘ
political repression ⓘ

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Taisho era → notableLaw → Peace Preservation Law of 1925 ⓘ
General Election Law of 1925 → relatedTo → Peace Preservation Law of 1925 ⓘ
General Election Law of 1925 → contemporaryWith → Peace Preservation Law of 1925 ⓘ
1928 Japanese general election → relatedLaw → Peace Preservation Law amendments of 1928 ⓘ
linked to: Peace Preservation Law of 1925
Special Higher Police → legalBasis → Peace Preservation Law of 1925 ⓘ
Katō Takaaki Cabinet → significantEvent → Peace Preservation Law of 1925 enacted ⓘ
linked to: Peace Preservation Law of 1925
Peace Preservation Law amendments of 1928 → partOf → Peace Preservation Law of 1925 ⓘ
Peace Preservation Law amendments of 1928 → follows → Peace Preservation Law of 1925 ⓘ
Tokkō → legalBasis → Peace Preservation Law of 1925 ⓘ