In 1943 he returned to Taiwan to visit his ailing father and intended to go straight back to Tokyo, but ended up staying on because of the danger to shipping at the height of World War Ⅱ.
民國卅二年，他返鄉探望病重的父親，原本要立刻再去東京，但因為當時已值中日戰爭的末期，往來台日之間船隻隨時有被炸沈的可能，不得已而留下。緊接著台灣光復。