Takagi Tomoe: The Japanese Doctor Who Devoted Himself to Taiwan – S5-E14

In 1902, Dr. Takagi Tomoe arrived in newly-colonized Japanese
Formosa as a seasoned Japanese medical expert sent here to battle
bubonic plague – one of the many tropical sicknesses that killed
thousands of local people each year. Takagi had a rare sense of
empathy. Unlike many of his peers, he encouraged local students
to attend his medical school (even letting them speak Taiwanese).
This brilliant Japanese and German-trained doctor helped create
Taiwan’s medical system – and also, in an unexpected twist,
Takagi was tasked with managing the company that’s today known as
Taipower. In this largely forgotten story, Taipei physician Dr.
Jimmy Lee joins John Ross to tell the story of how Dr. Takagi
became one of colonial Taiwan’s most influential figures.