The Japanese established a tight bureaucratic and local administrative structure in order to pursue their policies. The administration was divided into four levels: province, department, city (or prefecture), and neighborhood (or village). All were controlled by Japanese police, and Taiwanese had no right to participate in politics at all.
在總督府下，日本建立了嚴密的官僚組織及地方行政系統來推行其政策，地方行政系統分為四級：州、廳、市（郡）、街莊，都有日本警察及官吏的監督，台灣人對政治毫無參與權。