Yokusansouendan

Japanese: 翼賛壮年団 - よくさんそうねんだん

An affiliated organization of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for young and middle-aged men. Its official name was the Great Japan Rule Assistance Association (Yokuso). As the Imperial Rule Assistance Association was recognized as a public association (non-political organization) under Article 3 of the Public Order Police Law and failed to mobilize national political power, it was formed on January 16, 1942 as a practical unit for the Imperial Rule Assistance Movement, led by Muto Akira, Director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, who was inspired by the Nazi SS. Under the national organization, prefectures, counties, cities, wards, towns, and villages were organized, and it was emphasized that it was an organization of comrades made up of young and middle-aged men aged 21 and over.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

青壮年による大政翼賛会の外郭団体。正式名称は大日本翼賛壮年団(翼壮)。大政翼賛会が治安警察法3条にいう公事結社(非政治的団体)と認定され，国民政治力の結集に失敗したため，ナチスの親衛隊にヒントをえた陸軍省軍務局長武藤章らが黒幕となり，大政翼賛運動の実践部隊として1942年1月16日に結成された。全国団の下に道府県団と郡市区町村団が組織され，21歳以上の青壮年有志による同志組織であることが強調された。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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