Date:    Tue, 31 Jan 1995 13:46:59 +0900
From:    Gen-ichi NISHIO <malraux@GODNET.IIJNET.OR.JP>
Subject: Re: Speaking of Japan

On Mon, 23 Jan 1995, Jan-bart van Beek wrote:
>Can anyone tell me what the sevcret servoice of Japan in the 2050's is
>called and what their job is.

    I have an idea.

    Before the World War II, the government of Imperial Japan had an
organization of secret police, called Tokubetsu Koto Keisatsu, or "Tokko"
in short.  The name itself means "special high police."  It was established
on August 21, 1911.
    Tokko's purpose was to suppress "dangerous thoughts," such as anti-
emperor, anti-goverment movements, just like gestapo in NAZI.  Their
primary target were communists,  socialists, anarchists, leftists, labor
unions, various religious groups other than shinto, and Koreans living in
Japan.  Numerous innocent citizens were accused for blasphemy against the
emperor or a violation of Public Peace Keeping Act.  Tokko tortured and
interrogated suspects so severely that many lives were lost.  Tipping off
were also encouraged.  Officially they had to regulate right wing movements,
however, Tokko itself intended politcal right.  So nationalists and yakuza
were free from Tokko suppression. In addition, some of them were hired by
Tokko to harrass labor unions and Koreans.
    Tokko was independent of the normal police, and Tokko detective could
command normal police detectives.  As usual, Tokko and normal police were
at odds with each other.  Tokko was secretive, and feared by normal police
detectives.  Zaibatsu (megacorps) hated Tokko, too.  Tokko didn't consider
economical affairs and often break away from corp's control.  Even high
commenders of army, who were the most powerful in Japan those days, couldn't
ignore Tokko.
    Tokko was dessolved on October 4, 1945, by the direct order of
Douglas MacArthur, the commander of the occupation force.

    Why not Tokko revived when Japan announced the creation of the new
Japanese Imperial States?  In 2056, Tokko detectives should be equipped
with sony cyberdecks to hunt down neo-anarchists.  They will censors
every bits of 'formal'  matrix traffic, and even 'informal' crypted
data exchages can be threatened.  Metahumans, ORC, and Tir-affiliates
must be their target, too.  They are nationalists, monarchists and
political rights.  They might have a strong tie with yakuza.  California
is their playground.

    Here is Tokko's structure diagram in 1944.  In 2056, new Tokko should
have similar structure.  Metahuman Section instead of Korean Section, etc.

        Special High Police Bureau
                |
                +--- Special High First Section
                +--- Special High Second Section
                +--- Foreign Section
                +--- Labor Section
                +--- Korean Section
                +--- Censorship Section
                +--- Artbitration Section
                +--- General Affair Section


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