Japanese invasion of Taiwan

When

May 1874

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

22.07° N, 120.82° E

Description

punitive expedition to Formosa (Taiwan), first foreign military campaign after the Meiji Ishin (Meiji Restoration)

Cause

Mudan Incident of 1871, Rover incident

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Punitive expedition conducted by Japan

The Japanese expedition to Taiwan, referred to in Japan as the Taiwan Expedition and in Taiwan and mainland China as the Mudan Incident, was a punitive expedition launched by the Japanese ostensibly in retaliation for the murder of 54 Ryukyuan sailors by Paiwan indigenous peoples near the southwestern tip of Taiwan in December 1871.

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