1942 in Taiwan

Incumbents

Monarchy

• Emperor: Hirohito

Central government of Japan

• Prime Minister: Hideki Tōjō

Taiwan

• Governor-General – Kiyoshi Hasegawa

Events

April

• 1 April – The establishment of Yilan Middle School in Taihoku Prefecture.

October

• 26 October – The beam raising ceremony for the construction of First Guesthouse in Hōko Prefecture.

Births

• 26 June – Lin Tsung-nan, Magistrate of Nantou County.
• 1 July – Timothy Yang, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• 21 July – Chang Fu-hsing, Magistrate of Hualien County.
• 20 November – Fan Chen-tsung, Magistrate of Hsinchu County.