Translated by Robert D. Eldridge, the book tells the remarkable story of how Meiji Japan contributed its best engineers to the modernization of Taiwan.
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TAINAN, Taiwan A ceremony was held on Saturday, May 8, to mark the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Wushantou Dam, which was designed and built by Japanese civil engineer Yoichi Hatta before World War II.
In attendance at the ceremony and related events at Hatta Yoichi Memorial Park in Tainan were Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and two other top officials, Vice President Chen Chien-jen and Su Tseng-chang, who holds a position equivalent to premier.
It is quite unusual for all three of Taiwan’s top political leaders to attend the commemoration of a historical event relating to a person from abroad.
Taiwan holds event to remember influential Japanese engineer
May 9, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Taiwan s Vice President Chen Chien-jen offers flowers at a memorial park in Tainan dedicated to Japanese architect and hydraulic engineer Yuichi Hatta at a ceremony on May 8, 2021, the 79th anniversary of his death.(Kyodo) TAIPEI (Kyodo) Taiwan held activities on Saturday to remember Japanese architect Yoichi Hatta who designed the Chianan Canal, Wushantou Reservoir and Wushantou Dam in Greater Tainan in southern Taiwan a century ago. As this year marks the centennial of the start of the canal s construction, events were held at a memorial park dedicated to Hatta in Tainan on Saturday, the 79th anniversary of the death of the Japanese engineer.