Kokuryu-kai - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Kempeitai: Encyclopedia Ii - Kempeitai - Organization
The Kempeitai maintained a headquarters in each relevant army area, comprising two or three field offices, each with approximately 375 pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yakuza: Encyclopedia - Yakuza
Yakuza (from Japanese やくざ or ヤクザ or 8-9-3), also known as gokudō, are members of traditional organized crime groups in Japa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Way Faction: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Way Faction - Origins Of The Movement
Imperial Way Faction - Political environment. The origins of this party in the 1920s saw the last of the old-style samurai officers goi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yakuza: Encyclopedia Ii - Yakuza - Organization And Activities
Yakuza - Structure. During the formation of the yakuza, they adopted the traditional Japanese hierarchical structure of oyabun-kobun wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Nationalism - The Ideology Of Japanese Nationalism 1905-1945
Japanese nationalism - Tradition. The bushido (warrior way) — the samurai code —. When the daimyo system was abolished the code wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Way Faction: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Way Faction - Summary
The "Imperial Way Faction" represented the principal right-wing political movement in the Empire of Japan from some point in the 1930s, e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Way Faction: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Way Faction - Political Development
Imperial Way Faction - Sadao Araki has his day. Araki Sadao was an important figurehead and "political and thinking father" of the part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Way Faction: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Way Faction - Circumstances That Allowed The Japanese Military To Gain Political Power
In a close to chaotic political (and economic and social) situation, the military were considered politically "clean" in terms of politic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yakuza: Encyclopedia Ii - Yakuza - Origin And History
The term "Yakuza" comes from a Japanese card game, Oicho-Kabu (played with hanafuda or kabufuda cards). The worst hand in the game is a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Nationalism - After 1945
In February of 1946 General Douglas MacArthur was set the task of drafting a model constitution to serve as a guide for the Japanese peop...   » Read the article