Cabinet Intelligence Bureau

The Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (内閣情報局, Naikaku Jōhōkyoku) was a government organization in Japan. It was founded in 1940 at the request of Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro.^[1] The organization's main objective was to improve pro-Japan public opinion around what was happening in World War II. Its main responsibilities included gathering information, reporting advertisements, and regulation or prohibition of publications.^[2] They distributed government propaganda both within and outside of Japan. In all, around 160 officers were employed by the organization.^[3]

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[:0-1] "ジャパンナレッジ Lib". JapanKnowledge. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[:1-2] Maezaka, Toshiyuki. "太平洋戦争下の新聞メディア". マス・コミュニケーション研究 No. 66 2005: 10–13.

[:2-3] "【日本労働年鑑特別版太平洋戦争下の労働運動】" (PDF). 法政大学大原社会問題研究所. 第五編言論統制と文化運動第一章言論・出版・学問研究にたいする弾圧 – via 労働旬報社.

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