 Where local conditions were favorable, authorities would permit local Scouting or introduce Japanese-style Scouting, or "Shōnendan", and sometimes even made this compulsory.On the other hand, where conditions were not favorable, and anti-Japanese sentiments were likely to be nurtured through Scouting, the authorities would prohibit it entirely.Taiwan was a colony of the Empire of Japan from 1895 until 1945, and Taiwan Boy Scouts/"Shōnendan" and other forms of pro-Japanese youth education had been introduced.