After the 1894–95 War, Japan Acquired Taiwan

The First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) ended with the Treaty of Shimonoseki (April 17, 1895), in which Qing China ceded to Japan:

• Taiwan (Formosa) – including the Penghu (Pescadores) Islands.
• Liaodong Peninsula (later returned under Triple Intervention).
• Indemnity of 200 million taels of silver.
• Korean independence (nominal; Japan annexed Korea in 1910).

Taiwan became Japan’s first major overseas colony, ruled until 1945. The acquisition marked Japan’s emergence as an imperial power and set the stage for its Pacific expansion.