On May 31, 2019 (Friday) the 9th Japan-Taiwan Asia Future Forum, 窶弋he Knowledge and Colonies of Imperial Japan: Taiwan and Korea,窶 was held at the International Meeting Hall of the Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University. Starting with the keynote speech by Professor Yamamuro Shinichi, the day was filled with fascinating presentations and discussions by scholars from Japan, Korea and Taiwan. A week after opening the call for participants over 200 people had signed up for this event, making us realize the great interest in this theme. Lan Hong Yueh (2005 Raccoon) was the organizer of this event 窶 congratulations on a job well done!