Taiwan under Japanese rule

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Japanese colonial rule historical period

Taiwan under Japanese rule was the period from 1895 to 1945 when Taiwan was a Japanese colony, during which Japan implemented extensive political, economic, and educational reforms that significantly transformed the island’s infrastructure and society.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Japanese colonial administration in Taiwan	3
Taiwan Governor-Generalship	2
Japanese Taiwan	1
Japanese invasion of Taiwan	1
Japanese rule in Taiwan	1
Retrocession Day (Taiwan)	1
Taiwan (during tenure as colonial administrator)	1
Taiwan (under Japanese rule)	1
Taiwan under Qing rule	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese colonial rule ⓘ historical period ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Penghu Islands ⓘ surface form: Penghu Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
capital	Taihoku ⓘ Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ surface form: Taipei
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
endTime	1945 ⓘ
followedBy	Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China rule in Taiwan Taiwan under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Retrocession Day (Taiwan)
follows	Qing rule in Taiwan ⓘ Taiwan under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taiwan under Qing rule
governmentType	colonial government ⓘ
hasCause	Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ
hasPart	civilian administration period ⓘ early military rule period ⓘ wartime mobilization period ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor-General of Taiwan ⓘ
implementedPolicy	Japanization (Kominka) policies ⓘ Shintoization ⓘ compulsory primary education ⓘ industrialization policy ⓘ land survey and land reform ⓘ modern infrastructure development ⓘ name-changing campaigns ⓘ public health campaigns ⓘ rice production expansion ⓘ sugar industry development ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	Age of Imperialism ⓘ first half of the 20th century ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Andō Rikichi ⓘ Den Kenjirō ⓘ Gotō Shinpei ⓘ Hasegawa Yoshimichi ⓘ Ishizuka Eizō ⓘ Kodama Gentarō ⓘ
officialLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
officialName	Formosa ⓘ Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Taiwan under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Governor-Generalship
partOf	Japanese colonial empire ⓘ history of Taiwan ⓘ history of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
significantCulturalImpact	emergence of Taiwanese literature in Japanese ⓘ formation of modern Taiwanese identity ⓘ introduction of modern education system ⓘ spread of Japanese language ⓘ
significantEvent	Allied bombing of Taiwan ⓘ First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) Kominka movement ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War Taiwanese resistance to Japanese rule ⓘ Tapani Incident ⓘ Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ World War II ⓘ Wushe Incident ⓘ handover of Taiwan to the Republic of China ⓘ
significantInfrastructure	port modernization in Kaohsiung ⓘ port modernization in Keelung ⓘ railway network in Taiwan ⓘ reservoirs and irrigation systems ⓘ urban planning in Taipei ⓘ
startTime	1895 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peace Preservation Law of 1925 → appliedIn → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

Governor-General of Taiwan → appliesToJurisdiction → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Taiwan

Taihoku → capitalOf → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan (under Japanese rule)

Den Kenjirō → employer → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese colonial administration in Taiwan

Taiwan under Japanese rule → followedBy → Taiwan under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Retrocession Day (Taiwan)

Taiwan under Japanese rule → follows → Taiwan under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan under Qing rule

Imperial Universities of Japan → geographicScope → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

Taihoku → locatedIn → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan Governor-Generalship

Taiwan under Japanese rule → officialName → Taiwan under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan Governor-Generalship

Andō Rikichi → partOf → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese colonial administration in Taiwan

Den Kenjirō → partOf → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese rule in Taiwan

Ishizuka Eizō → partOf → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese colonial administration in Taiwan

Hasegawa Yoshimichi → residence → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan (during tenure as colonial administrator)

First Sino-Japanese War → significantEvent → Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese invasion of Taiwan