Kokumin-fuku

The kokumin-fuku (国民服, lit. 'national uniform') was the European-style men's civil uniform introduced in Japan in 1940 during World War II.^[1]^[2] A similar-looking uniform was earlier introduced in Manchuria and was known as kyowa-fuku (協和服) or kai-fuku (会服).^[3]

Its similarity to a military uniform was allegedly one of the reasons for heavy casualties among Japanese civilians when the Soviet army attacked in 1945.^[4]

References

^ 更新日：2010年11月25日. "戦時衣生活簡素化実施要綱". Ndl.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2012-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "A crash course in wartime Japanese terminology for foreign demons", Japan Times
^ 山下幸生『花も嵐もわが一代記』（文芸社）117ページ。(Yamashita Koki, "Flowers and Storms - My Life Story", Bungeisha, 2001, ISBN 4835509358)
^ 中山隆志『一九四五年夏最後の日ソ戦』中央公論新社〈中公文庫〉、2001年。 (Takashi Nakayama, "Last day of summer 1945 Soviet war", Chuko Bunko , 2001, ISBN 4122038588)

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[1] 更新日：2010年11月25日. "戦時衣生活簡素化実施要綱". Ndl.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2012-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] "A crash course in wartime Japanese terminology for foreign demons", Japan Times

[3] 山下幸生『花も嵐もわが一代記』（文芸社）117ページ。(Yamashita Koki, "Flowers and Storms - My Life Story", Bungeisha, 2001, ISBN 4835509358)

[tana-4] 中山隆志『一九四五年夏最後の日ソ戦』中央公論新社〈中公文庫〉、2001年。 (Takashi Nakayama, "Last day of summer 1945 Soviet war", Chuko Bunko , 2001, ISBN 4122038588)

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