Taiwan under Japanese rule
Taiwan | |||||||||||
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| 1895–1945 | |||||||||||
 Coat of arms
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Anthem:
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| National seal: 台灣總督之印 Seal of the Governor-General of Taiwan  National badge: 臺字章 Daijishō  | |||||||||||
 Taiwan (dark red) within the Empire of Japan (light red) at its furthest extent | |||||||||||
| Status | Colony (Gaichi) of the Empire of Japan | ||||||||||
| Capital and largest city | .svg){kind=small} Taihoku | ||||||||||
| Official languages | Japanese | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Taiwanese Hakka Formosan languages | ||||||||||
| Religion | State Shinto Buddhism Taoism Confucianism Chinese folk religion | ||||||||||
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| Government | Government-General | ||||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||||
• 1895–1912 | Meiji | ||||||||||
• 1912–1926 | Taishō | ||||||||||
• 1926–1945 | Shōwa | ||||||||||
| Governor-General | |||||||||||
• 1895–1896 (first) | Kabayama Sukenori | ||||||||||
• 1944–1945 (last) | Rikichi Andō | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 17 April 1895 | |||||||||||
| 21 October 1895 | |||||||||||
| 27 October 1930 | |||||||||||
| 2 September 1945 | |||||||||||
| 25 October 1945 | |||||||||||
| 28 April 1952 | |||||||||||
| 5 August 1952 | |||||||||||
| Currency | Taiwanese yen | ||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | TW | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Republic of China (Taiwan) | ||||||||||
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The Japanese Empire used to control Taiwan.
It was their first colony.[1] The Japanese empire monopolized most of the industries of Taiwan.[2]
After Japan surrendered in September 1945 the Republic of China (ROC) took control of Taiwan.[3]
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- ↑ Pastreich, Emanuel (July 2003). "Sovereignty, Wealth, Culture, and Technology: Mainland China and Taiwan Grapple with the Parameters of "Nation State" in the 21st Century". Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. OCLC 859917872. Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Eckhardt, Jappe; Fang, Jennifer; Lee, Kelley (2017-03-04). "The Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation: To 'join the ranks of global companies'". Global Public Health. 12 (3): 335–350. doi:10.1080/17441692.2016.1273366. ISSN 1744-1692. PMC 5553428. PMID 28139964.
- ↑ Chen, C. Peter. "Japan's Surrender". World War II Database. Lava Development, LLC. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2014.