The Japanese government finally began in 1989 providing compensation of ￥ 2 million each to Taiwanese who had served in the Imperial Army (about NT $ 360,000 to NT $ 400,000 at 1989 exchange rates). This compensation only went, however, to those who had been severely injured, or to the families of those who had died in the war.
經過許多波折，日本政府終於在一九八九年開始正式發放台籍日本兵（重傷者和死亡者遺族）每人二百萬日圓的弔慰金和慰問金。（依匯率兌換約新台幣三十六萬到四十萬）。