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Kempeitai

Imperial Japanese military police
Organization gendarmerie Q665124
Kempeitai
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Summary

Kempeitai is a gendarmerie[1]. Kempeitai ranks in the top 3% of gendarmerie entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,731 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Empire of Japan[3]
  • Instance of: former entity[4], military police[5]
  • Military branch: Imperial Japanese Army[6]
  • Part of: Imperial Japanese Army[7]
  • Commons category: Kempeitai[8]
  • Inception: 1881[9]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: August 1945[10]
  • Participated in conflict: World War II[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kempeitai[12]
  • Floruit: 1947[13]
  • Native label: 憲兵隊[14]
  • Class: military police[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikiproject Oorlogsbronnen[16]
  • Has works in the collection: Museon-Omniversum[17]

Why It Matters

Kempeitai has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Kempeitai is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Hannolans · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikiproject Oorlogsbronnen
    Floruit → +1947-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Has works in the collection → Museon-Omniversum
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q118430716 */"
  2. 7w ago · Charp238 · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 일본 제국 육군/헌병
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Native label: 憲兵隊"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0291626-Japonsko-Kempeitai
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0291626-Japonsko-Kempeitai, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 22w ago · Walden69 · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participated in conflict → World War II
    Country → Empire of Japan
    Inception → +1881-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Part of → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Logo image: Kempeitai_logo.png"
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