Historical Secret Police Organizations
- Tokko (Investigated and controlled political groups and ideologies deemed to be a threat to public order)
- Kempeitai (Military Police of the Imperial Japanese Army)
- Tokeitai (Military Police of the Imperial Japanese Navy)
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