Gotō Shinpei

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Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese politician
colonial administrator
human
countryOfCitizenship Japan
educatedAt Tokyo Medical School
Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
surface form: University of Tokyo (medical faculty predecessor institutions)
employer Government of Japan
Taiwan Governor-General’s Office
surface form: Government-General of Taiwan

South Manchuria Railway Company
familyName Gotō
fieldOfWork colonial policy
public administration
public health
urban planning
givenName Shinpei
knownFor leadership in Japanese colonial policy
modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure
reforming Taiwan’s governance under Japanese rule
urban planning and reconstruction of Tokyo
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned Japanese
memberOf Cabinet of Japan
surface form: Japanese government cabinet

bureaucratic elite of the Empire of Japan
movement Japanese imperial expansion
name Gotō Shinpei self-link
nativeName 後藤新平
notableWork development of colonial administration policies in Taiwan
infrastructure development in Taiwan
modernization of Taiwan under Japanese rule
public health reforms in Taiwan
reconstruction planning of Tokyo after the Great Kantō earthquake
urban planning concepts for Tokyo
occupation colonial administrator
physician
politician
statesman
positionHeld Director of the Civil Administration of Taiwan
Governor-General of Taiwan
Home Minister of Japan
Governor of Tokyo
surface form: Mayor of Tokyo

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
surface form: Minister of Communications of Japan

President of the South Manchuria Railway Company
sexOrGender male
workLocation Manchuria
Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan

Tokyo

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Gotō Shinpei name Gotō Shinpei self-link