Japan's 50-year rule of Taiwan: The generation born in the colonial era
Japan began an experiment to turn Taiwan into a model colony in 1895, after the First Sino-Japanese War. Key infrastructure was built, and the economy was transformed. Taiwanese were largely treated as Japanese subjects and assimilated.
In 1945, Japan's surrender in World War II ended its 50-year rule of Taiwan. More than 300,000 Japanese, who had resettled or were born in Taiwan, were repatriated.
What became of the group called "wansei", as well as the Taiwanese who lived through Japanese colonisation?
Â鶹's Michiyo Ishida finds out.
Japan began an experiment to turn Taiwan into a model colony in 1895, after the First Sino-Japanese War. Key infrastructure was built, and the economy was transformed. Taiwanese were largely treated as Japanese subjects and assimilated.
In 1945, Japan's surrender in World War II ended its 50-year rule of Taiwan. More than 300,000 Japanese, who had resettled or were born in Taiwan, were repatriated.
What became of the group called "wansei", as well as the Taiwanese who lived through Japanese colonisation?
Â鶹's Michiyo Ishida finds out.
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