Kempeitai

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The Kempeitai was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, notorious for its brutal secret-police functions and widespread war crimes across occupied territories before and during World War II.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kenpeitai 4
Japanese military police (Kempeitai) 2
Kempeitai canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military police organization ⓘ
secret police ⓘ
activeInConflict Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
activeInRegion Japanese home islands ⓘ
Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
Manchukuo ⓘ
Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ
occupied China ⓘ
occupied Dutch East Indies ⓘ
occupied Malaya ⓘ
occupied Philippines ⓘ
occupied Singapore ⓘ
occupied Southeast Asia ⓘ
allegedCrime enforcement of comfort women system ⓘ
forced labor abuses ⓘ
massacres of civilians ⓘ
medical experimentation assistance ⓘ
mistreatment of prisoners of war ⓘ
summary executions ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
disbanded 1945 ⓘ
disbandedBy Allied occupation authorities ⓘ
function counterespionage ⓘ
enforcing discipline within the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
internal security in occupied territories ⓘ
monitoring political dissent ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
nativeName 憲兵隊 ⓘ
notableFor brutal interrogation methods ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
suppression of resistance movements ⓘ
torture of prisoners ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
partOf Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
perception feared by civilian populations in occupied areas ⓘ
notorious for brutality ⓘ
relatedOrganization Imperial Japanese Navy Tokkeitai ⓘ
Tokkō (Special Higher Police) ⓘ
role counterinsurgency force ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ
military police ⓘ
occupation security force ⓘ
secret police ⓘ
subordinateTo Imperial Japanese Army General Staff ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century to 1945 ⓘ
transliteration Kenpeitai ⓘ
linked to: Kempeitai
triedFor war crimes in postwar tribunals ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Special Higher Police → relatedTo → Kempeitai ⓘ
Japanese occupation security forces in Indonesia → hasPart → Kenpeitai ⓘ
linked to: Kempeitai
Outram Road Prison area → controlledBy → Japanese military police (Kempeitai) ⓘ
linked to: Kempeitai
Sook Ching → planningAuthority → Japanese military police (Kempeitai) ⓘ
linked to: Kempeitai
Tokkō → relatedTo → Kempeitai ⓘ
Kempeitai → transliteration → Kenpeitai ⓘ
linked to: Kempeitai
Kenpeitai in Java → partOf → Kenpeitai ⓘ
linked to: Kempeitai
Kenpeitai in Sumatra → partOf → Kenpeitai ⓘ
linked to: Kempeitai