A Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman (Chinese: 台籍日本兵, Japanese: 台湾人日本兵) is a person, Taiwanese by identity, who served in the Imperial Japanese Army or Navy during World War II whether as a soldier, a sailor, or in another non-combat capacity. According to statistics provided by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the subsequent World War II, a total of 207,183 Taiwanese served in the armed force of Imperial Japan, and 30,304 of them were declared killed or missing in action.
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