Taiwan Under Japanese Rule: Period of Taiwanese history (1895–1945)
The Japanese Empire used to control Taiwan.
Taiwan | |||||||||||
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| 1895–1945 | |||||||||||
 Coat of arms | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
• 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) | ||||||||||
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It was their first colony. The Japanese empire monopolized most of the industries of Taiwan.
After Japan surrendered in September 1945 the Republic of China (ROC) took control of Taiwan.
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