In China, countless soldiers and civilians lost their lives, with tens of millions displaced. In Taiwan, over 200,000 men, including the Takasago Volunteers, joined or were drafted into the Japanese army to do battle in China and the South Pacific. Over 30,000 of them died in this war from which no one could stand aloof.
在中國，有無數軍民死於戰火中，數千萬民眾倉皇離家；在台灣有二十多萬青年被捲入戰場，三萬多人成為亡魂，無人可以自外於這一場戰爭。