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When the Japanese acquired their first formal colony, Taiwan, in 1895 (though they were no strangers to domestic colonization), it was only natural that they should turn to the examples of the European empires for guidance on colonial policy. The British Empire, with its highly flexible approach, was held up as a model of colonial rule by some Japanese colonial administrators and condemned by others. As Kibata Yoichi has pointed out, however, the Japanese were more keen to foster the image of British rule than to employ its techniques.1
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Townsend, S.C. (2002). Yanaihara Tadao and the British Empire as a Model for Colonial Reform. In: Daniels, G., Tsuzuki, C. (eds) The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations 1600–2000. The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600–2000. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230373600_13
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