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{{Evil_Organization|Box title = Evil Organization|fullname = Taisei Yokusankai|alias = Imperial Rule Assistance Association|origin = Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan|foundation = October 12th, 1940|headquarters = Tokyo, Japan|commanders = Fumimaro Konoe (1940 - 1941) | {{Evil_Organization|Box title = Evil Organization|fullname = Taisei Yokusankai|alias = Imperial Rule Assistance Association|origin = Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan|foundation = October 12th, 1940|headquarters = Tokyo, Japan|commanders = [[Fumimaro Konoe]] (1940 - 1941)<br>[[Hideki Tojo]] (1941 - 1944)<br>[[Kuniaki Koiso]] (1944 - 1945)<br>[[Kantaro Suzuki]] (1945)|agents = [[Fumio Goto]] | ||
[[Hideki Tojo]] (1941 - 1944) | |||
Kuniaki Koiso (1944 - 1945) | |||
Kantaro Suzuki (1945)|agents = [[Fumio Goto]] | |||
[[Yoriyasu Arima]] | [[Yoriyasu Arima]] | ||
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and others|skills = National mobilization of Japan|goals = Get Japan ready for world domination (failed)<br>Promote Japanese nationalism (failed)|crimes = Suppression of dissent<br>Various other crimes of Imperial Japan|type of villains = Jingoist organization|image = Taisei Yokusankai.svg.png|dissolution = June 13th, 1945}} | and others|skills = National mobilization of Japan|goals = Get Japan ready for world domination (failed)<br>Promote Japanese nationalism (failed)|crimes = Suppression of dissent<br>Various other crimes of Imperial Japan|type of villains = Jingoist organization|image = 852px-Taisei Yokusankai.svg.png|dissolution = June 13th, 1945}} | ||
'''Taisei Yokusankai''' was Japan's para-[[fascist]] organization created by Prime Minister [[Fumimaro Konoe]] on October 12<sup>th</sup>, 1940 to promote the goals of his Shintaisei ("New | '''Taisei Yokusankai''' was Japan's para-[[fascist]] organization created by Prime Minister [[Fumimaro Konoe]] on October 12<sup>th</sup>, 1940 to promote the goals of his Shintaisei. ("New Order") movement. The party was created from a merging of all of Japan's other political parties at the time such as the Rikken Seiyukai, Rikken Minseito, Kokumin Domei, Shakai Taishuto. | ||
Konoe originally conceived the party as a reformist party to overcome the differences of the many different parties in Japan during the war, but it evolved into a "statist" ruling political party which aimed at removing the sectionalism in the politics and economics in the [[Imperial Japan|Empire of Japan]] to create a totalitarian single-party state, in order to maximize efficiency of Japan’s total war effort in China. When the organization was launched officially, Konoe was hailed as a "political savior" of a nation in chaos; however, internal divisions soon appeared. The party nationalized Japan and helped prepare the country for total war against China. | |||
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