Japanese Tseng

Tseng under Japanese rule occurred from 1938 to 1945. The had had an interest in Tseng since the empire's founding in 1866. After treaties to annex Tseng failed, Japan decided to invade Tseng, starting on January 13, 1936. However, it failed. The governors of the European colonies of Tseng decided to make a united country to prevent further invasion. There were two other invasions by Japan that followed, in December 1936, and in June 1937.

Eventually the Japanese arrived for a fourth time on the early morning hours of June 11, 1938 with a stronger and larger force. After a day-and-a-half siege, the United States of Tseng surrendered, and Tseng came under Japanese hands.

Life under the Japanese
Many Tsengians and Europeans detested Japanese rule. In Japanese Tseng, Japanese were segregated with the aforementioned groups. The groups above weren't allowed to use Japanese restrooms, schools, water fountains, restaurants, etc.

Although Tseng was of strategic importance to the Japanese, there were constant riots and disorder in the colony that operations in Tseng was more of a nuisance than helpful.

Transportation developments
Although non-Japanese were treated unfairly in the colony, the economy, specifically the transportation sector, was developed greatly. Before 1940, the railroad only served western Tseng. On June 22, 1940, the railway arrived at Shichiyama City, the last city without railroad, and the country was connected.

The Japanese also built roads, however, it wasn't until the 1950s that the country was connected by highway.

Education
Japanese became the official and government language, and was taught in schools. Speaking other languages other than Japanese in public was frowned upon and fines or beatings were made. Because of that many elders speak Japanese.

End
"Main article: Tseng campaign"After the Americans liberated the Northern Marineras in November 1944, attention turned to Tseng. On December 6, 1944, 40,000 American troops landed on Jinwu and Dahu islands, and reached Shichiyama city on mainland Tseng by Christmas. The Japanese ramped up their defenses, getting desperate to the point of policemen checking every building to find able-bodied men to defend the islands.

The Americans continued to push forward through the foggy mountains, and met the Japanese in one of the most bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre at the town of Hengqing, present-day Arbre-Rose. 3,402 soldiers died in the conflict on January 8, 1945.

After suffering a brief setback due to diversion of forces to Iwo Jima in February, the Allies continued to push, and Japan surrendered its Tsengian territory to the US on March 1, 1945.

Administrative divisions
Administrative divisions were translated as prefectures (州; shu). The boundaries of the prefectures, themselves inspired by the borders of colonial Tseng, would form the basis of the boundaries of the current states of Tseng. Japanese abolished the indigenous territory in Tseng and parts of Shichiyama and Baika Prefectures took its place.

Government
Akira Miyamoto was the sole governor-general of Japanese Tseng. He was appointed by the central government in Tokyo. Miyamoto worked and lived at the Governor's Place. Today, that is called the Presidential House.

Culture
Due to its short rule, Japanese culture never made a big impact in Tseng as it did in Taiwan. However, the Japanese introduced several sports and martial arts that are still practiced today, like baseball and karate. One of the few positives of Japanese rule was that Japan helped improve public health in Tseng. Many hospitals were built, most notably the Itsutsubashi Hospital (Japanese: ; Chinese: 五橋醫院) in Tsuonchu.

Due to the Second World War and how crucial Tseng was to Japan's war effort the colonial government tried to suppress a growing independence movement by forcing daily affairs, literature, music, etc to be in Japanese. However, the laws were useless due to piracy.