Taiwan | |||||||||||
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1895–1945 | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
Status | Colony (Gaichi) of the Empire of Japan | ||||||||||
Capital and largest city | 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 | |||||||||||
• Destruction of the Republic of Formosa | 21 October 1895 | ||||||||||
• Wushe Rebellion | 27 October 1930 | ||||||||||
2 September 1945 | |||||||||||
• Returned to Chinese control | 25 October 1945 | ||||||||||
• Treaty of San Francisco | 28 April 1952 | ||||||||||
• Treaty of Taipei | 5 August 1952 | ||||||||||
Currency | Taiwanese yen | ||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | TW | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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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