Kominka movement

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Japanization campaign colonial policy cultural assimilation policy political movement

The Kominka movement was a Japanization campaign in colonial Taiwan that sought to transform Taiwanese residents into loyal subjects of the Japanese emperor through cultural, linguistic, and social assimilation policies.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanization campaign → colonial policy → cultural assimilation policy → political movement →
appliesTo	Taiwanese residents →
associatedWith	Japanese militarism → State Shinto →
countryOfOrigin	Empire of Japan →
discouraged	Chinese cultural practices → local Taiwanese religious practices → use of Chinese languages in public →
encouraged	adoption of Japanese names → participation in State Shinto practices → use of Japanese language →
endCause	defeat of Japan in World War II → retrocession of Taiwan to the Republic of China →
endTime	1945 →
follows	Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan →
goal	Japanization of Taiwanese society → assimilate Taiwanese into Japanese culture → promote loyalty to the Japanese emperor → transform Taiwanese residents into loyal subjects of the Japanese emperor →
hasEffect	marginalization of Chinese cultural identity in Taiwan → promotion of emperor-centered nationalism → strengthening Japanese imperial ideology in Taiwan →
historicalContext	Second Sino-Japanese War → World War II in East Asia →
historicalPeriod	late Japanese rule in Taiwan →
implementedBy	Government-General of Taiwan → Japanese colonial authorities in Taiwan →
influenced	Taiwanese identity formation → language shift in Taiwan → religious practices in Taiwan →
languageOfAssimilation	Japanese →
location	Taiwan →
opposedBy	Chinese nationalist sympathizers in Taiwan → some Taiwanese elites →
partOf	Japanese imperialization policies →
policyType	education policy → identity policy → language policy → religious policy →
startTime	1937 →
targetedGroup	Han Taiwanese → indigenous peoples of Taiwan →
uses	cultural assimilation → linguistic assimilation → social assimilation →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Taiwan under Japanese rule →	significantEvent