Patriotic Group

Japanese: 愛国班 - あいこくはん

…In addition to this, various federations were also created for government offices, schools, banks, companies, etc., so that each person was organized twice. As the basic organization, the Patriotic Group was created with a standard of about 10 households, and by 1939, about 350,000 groups and 4.6 million group members had been organized. Since group members were the heads of households, this covered almost the entire population. …

From "The Pacific War"

…This league put up slogans such as “Turn into subjects of the Imperial Nation” and, like the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, integrated its organization from the center to the bottom with the administrative organization of the Government-General of Korea, organizing all residents. The Patriotic Group, which is equivalent to the Japanese “Tono Rigumi,” consisted of about 10 households and mobilized Koreans for daily activities such as paying homage to the Imperial Palace, saving money through labor, raising the Hinomaru flag, visiting shrines, using the Japanese language regularly, singing the “Oath of Subjects of the Imperial Nation,” doing labor volunteer work, and wearing national uniforms and combat caps. All of these daily activities were based on the “Nai-Korean Itsutsu” theory, and the formation of the National Total Power Korean League meant the establishment of Emperor-based fascism in Korea. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Patriotic Team" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またこれとは別に官公署，学校，銀行，会社等の各種連盟も作られ，一人の人が二重に組織された。その基底組織として約10戸を標準とする愛国班が作られ，39年には約35万の班と460万の班員が組織された。班員は世帯主なのでほぼ全人口が網羅されたことになる。…

【太平洋戦争】より

…この連盟は〈皇国臣民化〉などのスローガンを掲げ，大政翼賛会と同様に，中央から末端に至る組織を朝鮮総督府の行政組織と表裏一体化させ，全住民を組織化していた。日本の隣組にあたる愛国班は約10戸から成り，宮城遥拝，勤労貯蓄，日の丸掲揚，神社参拝，日本語常用，〈皇国臣民の誓詞〉の斉唱，勤労奉仕，国民服と戦闘帽の着用などの日常活動に朝鮮人を動員した。これらの日常活動は，いずれも〈内鮮一体論〉に基づくものであり，国民総力朝鮮連盟の結成は，朝鮮における天皇制ファシズムの成立を意味していた。…

※「愛国班」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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