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A Japanese language school in Beijing with courses taught by female senbu operatives, c. 1938.

A senbu medical team (施療班, seryōhan) providing gratis medical treatment to Chinese civilians, c. 1938. The banner in the background reads "senbu project" (宣撫工作, senbu kōsaku).

The term senbu (宣撫) was used by the Imperial Japanese Army to refer to psychological warfare operations intended to pacify local populations and accelerate the process of Japanization.^[1]

^ Esselstrom, Erik (2009). Crossing Empire's Edge: Foreign Ministry Police and Japanese Expansionism in Northeast Asia (1st ed.). United States: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824832315.

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宣撫工作 Japanese

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