Word: kokuhonsha
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While in the Department of Justice the Baron, then plain Mr. Hiranuma, became notorious for harsh, even sadistic, persecution of persons harboring "dangerous thoughts," an official euphemism for any ideas critical of the existing order. In 1914 he founded the Kokuhonsha (National Foundation Society), the nucleus of the military-fascist front. In 1936 the society was disbanded because Baron Hiranuma had become president of the Privy Council, and as an adviser to the throne was considered above politics...
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