Kenpeitai

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law_enforcement
intelligence officer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:MP
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:Allied_occupation_authorities
gptkbp:activePeriod 1881–1945
gptkbp:country gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:founded 1881
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Tokyo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kenpeitai
gptkbp:inPopularCulture depicted in films and literature about WWII
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:nameMeaning gptkb:Military_Police_Corps
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Masakazu_Kawabe
gptkb:Hideki_Tojo
gptkb:Shigeru_Sawada
Keisuke Fujie
Masahiko Takeshita
Toichi Suzuki
gptkbp:notableFor forced labor
war crimes
human rights abuses
torture
brutality
biological warfare experiments
Unit 731 collaboration
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:China
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Korea
gptkb:Southeast_Asia
occupied territories
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Tokkō_(Special_Higher_Police)
Kempeitai (naval equivalent: Tokkeitai)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Korea
gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Southeast_Asia
gptkb:Unit_731
gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_China
Japanese war crimes
gptkbp:role gptkb:law_enforcement
espionage
counterintelligence
internal security
suppression of dissent
prisoner of war management
civilian policing in occupied territories
gptkbp:subordinateUnit gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_General_Staff
gptkbp:uniform Imperial Japanese Army uniform with special insignia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kenpeitai_East_District_Headquarters
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7