Peace Preservation Law (Japan)

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The Peace Preservation Law (Japan) was a series of prewar Japanese laws used to suppress political dissent, especially socialist, communist, and liberal movements, in the name of maintaining public order and the imperial system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese law ⓘ
repressive law ⓘ
affectedGroup Japan Communist Party ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
student activists ⓘ
aimedAt communist movements ⓘ
liberal movements ⓘ
socialist movements ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chian iji hō ⓘ
linked to: Chian Iji Hō

Public Peace Police Law ⓘ
linked to: Police Law
characterizedAs anti-communist legislation ⓘ
instrument of political repression ⓘ
security law ⓘ
consequence imprisonment of dissidents ⓘ
restriction of freedom of association ⓘ
restriction of freedom of speech ⓘ
suppression of opposition parties ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
enforcedBy Japanese police ⓘ
Special Higher Police ⓘ
historicalContext prewar Japan ⓘ
rise of militarism in Japan ⓘ
ideologicalTarget anti-imperial thought ⓘ
class struggle theory ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
impact consolidation of authoritarian rule in Japan ⓘ
weakening of democratic movements in Japan ⓘ
justification defense of kokutai ⓘ
defense of the Emperor system ⓘ
legalBasisFor arrest of political activists ⓘ
banning of organizations ⓘ
censorship of publications ⓘ
politicalOrientationTargeted communist ⓘ
left-wing ⓘ
liberal ⓘ
socialist ⓘ
purpose maintenance of public order ⓘ
protection of the imperial system ⓘ
suppression of political dissent ⓘ
relatedConcept tenkō (ideological conversion) ⓘ
relatedTo Japanese imperialism ⓘ
Japanese nationalism ⓘ
State Shinto ⓘ
usedFor criminalization of thought crimes ⓘ
forced ideological conversion ⓘ

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Public Security Preservation Law → relatedTo → Peace Preservation Law (Japan) ⓘ
Home Ministry Police Bureau of Japan → usedLegalBasis → Peace Preservation Law of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Peace Preservation Law (Japan)
Tokkō → relatedTo → Peace Preservation Law ⓘ
linked to: Peace Preservation Law (Japan)
Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu → enforcedLaw → Peace Preservation Law ⓘ
linked to: Peace Preservation Law (Japan)