2nd Taiwan Extraordinary Household Census of 1915 Taker’s Badge/大正4年第二回臨時台湾戸口調査参加章

As part of the emphasis placed on governmental control, the Japanese Colonial Government performed detailed censuses of Taiwan starting in 1905 https://asiamedals.info/threads/1905-taiwan-extraordinary-household-census-takers-badge-38.27350/. Statistics showed a population growth rate of 0.988 to 2.835% per year throughout Japanese rule. In 1905, the population of Taiwan was roughly 3 million. By 1940 the population had grown to 5.87 million, and by the end of World War II in 1946 it numbered 6.09 million. As of 1938, around 309,000 people of Japanese origin lived in Taiwan.

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第二回臨時臺湾戸口調査 - 2nd Taiwan Extraordinary Household Door-to-Door Census

参加章 - Participation Badge

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大正四年 - 1915

臨時臺湾 - Taiwan Extraordinary

戸口調査部 - Door-to-Door Investigation Department

 

Cased specimen.