was a Japanese

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, known for his contributions in

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in the Japanese-ruled Taiwan. Hatta was born in

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. After graduating from

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in 1910, he joined the Seat of

Governor-General of Taiwan The governor-general of Taiwan ( ja, 臺灣總督, Taiwan Sōtoku) was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japanese era (including Formosa and the Pescadores) when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945. The ...

, served as a technician of the government. He was the designer of

Chianan Canal Chianan Irrigation (), also known as the Kanan Irrigation System, was built to support agricultural production in the Chianan Plain of Taiwan. The name "chia-nan" was derived from two place names among its surrounding area called Chiayi County, ...

and Wusanto Reservoir. He was killed on board the transport ship Taiyō Maru, when it was torpedoed and sunk on May 8, 1942 by US submarine ''Grenadier''. In contemporary Taiwan he is honored as a deity for his contributions to irrigation.

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八田與一アーカイブス
- Japan Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE Library

1886 births 1942 deaths People from Kanazawa, Ishikawa 20th-century Japanese engineers Hydraulic engineers University of Tokyo alumni {{Japan-engineer-stub

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