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.

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Label	Occurrences
Kominka movement canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanization campaign ⓘ colonial policy ⓘ cultural assimilation policy ⓘ political movement ⓘ
appliesTo	Taiwanese residents ⓘ
associatedWith	Japanese militarism ⓘ State Shinto ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ surface form: 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	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War Pacific War ⓘ surface form: World War II in East Asia
historicalPeriod	late Japanese rule in Taiwan ⓘ
implementedBy	Governor-General of Taiwan ⓘ surface form: Government-General of Taiwan Japanese colonial authorities in Taiwan ⓘ
influenced	Taiwanese identity formation ⓘ language shift in Taiwan ⓘ religious practices in Taiwan ⓘ
languageOfAssimilation	Japanese ⓘ
location	Formosa ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Taiwan under Japanese rule → significantEvent → Kominka movement ⓘ