Tag: laws
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Request for Divorce
Introduction by Tadashi Ishikawa, University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL, U.S.A.). Published on Dec 18, 2020. Ms. Liao Yinghua’s divorce case against Mr. Chen Junxiu presents sources of information that revealed the layered development of law in the interwar Japanese empire, the woman question, and gender and sexuality. Both civil and criminal law, as well as their… Read more
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Building and Street Use Codes in the Japanese Empire
Introduction by Tristan R. Grunow, Pacific University. Published on Aug 20, 2021. Japanese colonial officials arriving in Taiwan after 1895 and Korea after 1910 quickly set about transforming the urban space of colonial cities like Taipei and Seoul. By erecting monumental new buildings constructed in Western designs, installing new parks, and improving urban infrastructure like… Read more
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“Concerning the Management of Women Traveling to China”
Introduction by Amy Stanley (Northwestern University). Published on Dec 9, 2021. This document, Concerning the management of women traveling to China, was issued by the head of the Home Ministry Police Affairs Bureau on February 23, 1938. The same office sent a draft of the document to prefectural governors in Japan and the heads of the Ministry… Read more
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Reasons for Requesting the Establishment of a Taiwanese Parliament
Introduction by James Gerien-Chen, University of Florida. Published on Oct 19, 2022. In January 1923, a group of young Taiwanese men delivered a petition to the headquarters of the Taipei Police to request permission to form the “League for the Establishment of a Taiwan Parliament” (Taiwan gikai kisei dōmeikai). After the colonial police denied their… Read more