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1910

Taiwan’s First Record Company Established

台灣第一家唱片公司開設

Source: A Brief History of the Taiwanese Record Industry
From: Yuán Magazine, Issue 53
Date: July–August 2005   Author: Guo Li-chuan

In 1907, Japan and the United States jointly established the “Nichi-Bei Chikuonki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha.” In 1910, this company was renamed the “Nippon Chikuonki Shokai” (Japan Phonograph Company), commonly abbreviated as “Nichi-Chiku.” Nichi-Chiku Record Company was the first to enter Taiwan’s market in 1910, establishing a branch office — the “Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Chikuonki Shokai Taipei Shutchojo” — on Futai Street in Taipei. In 1928, Columbia Records merged with Nichi-Chiku.

Taiwan’s First Record Company Established
Advertisement for Nipponophone's Taiwan branch (source: Taiwan Nichinichi Shinpō, September 24, 1911)
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