The period of Japanese rule of Taiwan refers to approximately fifty years during which time Taiwan was governed by Japan as colony from April 17, 1895 when the Qing dynasty ceded Taiwan to Imperial Japan due to the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War to October 25, 1945 when Taiwan was put under the rule of the Republic of China.
台湾の日本統治時代（にっぽんとうちじだい）は、日清戦争の敗戦に伴い清朝が台湾を大日本帝国に割譲した1895年（明治28年）4月17日から、第二次世界大戦後の1945年（昭和1945年）10月25日、中華民国統治下に置かれるまでの植民地支配の約50年間を指す。