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The {{nihongo|'''Tokkeitai'''|特警隊||short for 特別警察隊 ''Tokubetsu-keisatsu-tai'', "Corps of Special Police"; the Naval Secret Police}} was the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]'s [[military police]], they were equivalent to the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]'s ''[[Kempeitai]]''. They were also the smallest military police service.{{Fact|date=May 2008}}
The {{nihongo|'''Tokkeitai'''|特警隊||short for {{Nihongo2|特別警察隊}}, ''Tokubetsu Keisatsutai'', "Special Police Corps", or Naval [[Secret police|Secret Police]]}} was the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]'s [[military police]], equivalent to the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]'s ''[[Kempeitai]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4t95DwAAQBAJ |title=The Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War: In cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation |date=2009-12-14 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-19017-7 |pages=523–524 |language=en}}</ref>


The original ''Tokkeitai'' was known as the [[General Affairs Section]] and concerned itself with police and [[personnel]] work within the Navy: personnel, discipline and records. It took a more active role, partly to keep the ''Kempeitai'' and Army from meddling in Navy affairs. Smaller and more low-key than its rival, it was no less brutal. It was especially active in the areas of the [[Oceania|South Pacific]], the [[Naval Control Area]], as well as maintaining a presence as pervasive as the ''Kempeitai'' had. It had the same '[[commissar]]' roles, in relation to exterior enemies or suspicious persons, and watching inside units for possible defectors or traitors, under the security doctrine of "''[[Kikosaku]]''".
The original ''Tokkeitai'' was known as the General Affairs Section and concerned itself with police and [[personnel]] work within the Navy: personnel, discipline and records. It took a more active role, partly to keep the ''Kempeitai'' and the Army from meddling in Navy affairs.
It was especially active in the areas of the [[Oceania|South Pacific]] and the Naval Control Area and was as pervasive as the ''Kempeitai''. It had the same [[commissar]] roles in relation to exterior enemies or suspicious persons, and it watched inside units for possible defectors or traitors under the security doctrine of ''Kikosaku''.

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Attached to navy units, they served as Colonial police in some occupied [[Pacific]] areas. Later accusations of [[war crimes]] were made against them in that role for such acts as coercion of [[comfort women]] from Indonesia, Indochina and China into [[comfort women|sexual slavery]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Borch |first=Frederic L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T2IwDwAAQBAJ |title=Military Trials of War Criminals in the Netherlands East Indies 1946-1949 |date=2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-877716-8 |pages=43 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Wikisource|Enforced prostitution in Western Borneo during Japanese Occupation}}
{{Wikisource|Enforced prostitution in Western Borneo during Japanese Occupation}}
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Attached to Navy units, they served as [[Colonial police]] in some occupied [[Pacific]] areas. Later accusations of [[war crimes]] were made against them in that role for such acts as coercion of women from Indonesia, Indochina and China into [[comfort women|sexual slavery]].<ref>http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070418a5.html</ref>


In addition to the aforementioned police responsibilities the Tokkeitai was the operative branch of the Secret Service Branch of the Imperial Japanese Navy ({{nihongo|Information Office|情報局|[[Jōhō-kyoku]]}} which was responsible for recovering and analyzing information and for the execution of undercover operations. Its members also provided local security near [[naval base]]s. In the final weeks of the [[Pacific War]], they were amongst the security units prepared for combat against the invasion of [[Japan]].
In addition to its police responsibilities, it was the operative branch of the Secret Service Branch of the Imperial Japanese Navy ({{nihongo|Information Office|情報局|Jōhō-kyoku}}, which was responsible for recovering and analyzing information and for the execution of undercover operations. Its members also provided local security near [[naval base]]s. In the final weeks of the [[Pacific War]], it was among the security units prepared for combat against the proposed [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Operation Downfall|invasion of Japan]].


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Latest revision as of 11:02, 19 April 2024

The Tokkeitai (特警隊, short for 特別警察隊, Tokubetsu Keisatsutai, "Special Police Corps", or Naval Secret Police) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's military police, equivalent to the Imperial Japanese Army's Kempeitai.[1]

The original Tokkeitai was known as the General Affairs Section and concerned itself with police and personnel work within the Navy: personnel, discipline and records. It took a more active role, partly to keep the Kempeitai and the Army from meddling in Navy affairs.

It was especially active in the areas of the South Pacific and the Naval Control Area and was as pervasive as the Kempeitai. It had the same commissar roles in relation to exterior enemies or suspicious persons, and it watched inside units for possible defectors or traitors under the security doctrine of Kikosaku.

Attached to navy units, they served as Colonial police in some occupied Pacific areas. Later accusations of war crimes were made against them in that role for such acts as coercion of comfort women from Indonesia, Indochina and China into sexual slavery.[2]

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In addition to its police responsibilities, it was the operative branch of the Secret Service Branch of the Imperial Japanese Navy (Information Office (情報局, Jōhō-kyoku), which was responsible for recovering and analyzing information and for the execution of undercover operations. Its members also provided local security near naval bases. In the final weeks of the Pacific War, it was among the security units prepared for combat against the proposed Allied invasion of Japan.

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  1. ^ The Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War: In cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation. BRILL. 2009-12-14. pp. 523–524. ISBN 978-90-04-19017-7.
  2. ^ Borch, Frederic L. (2017). Military Trials of War Criminals in the Netherlands East Indies 1946-1949. Oxford University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-19-877716-8.
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