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The '''''Hikari Kikan''''' was the [[Imperial Japan|Imperial Japanese]] liaison office responsible for Japanese relations with the [[Azad Hind Government]] that replaced the ''[[I Kikan]]''. It was initially headed by [[Colonel]] [[Bin Yamamoto]], later replaced by [[Major general|Major General]] [[Saburo Isoda]].<br />
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The ''Hikari Kikan'' recruited [[Sri Lankans|Ceylonese]], [[Indian people|Indians]], and other [[South Asian ethnic groups|South Asians]] domiciled in Japanese-occupied [[British Malaya]] and [[Singapore]] for [[espionage]] missions against the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] during [[World War II]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* {{SS|Ural Maru}}<br />
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==References==<br />
*Chandra Bose to Nihon. By Joyce C. Lebra; Horie Yoshitaka; Fujiwara Iwaichi. Tokyo. Hara Shobo. 1968.<br />
*[http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/japan3.htm Four Lankans die in secret 'independence' war, Janaka Perera]<br />
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