February unknown - Kobayashi Gas Appliance Manufacturing, as predecessor of Paloma, a gas cooking and heating appliance manufacturing brand, was founded in Nagoya.
February 1 - Regulations for postal special delivery are passed. Service begins on February 11.
February 22 - One of Japan's most well-known authors, Natsume Sōseki, sends a letter to the Ministry of Education, refusing the title of professor of literature. He explains that he just wants to go on living his life as "Natsume so-and-so."
March 1 - The Imperial Theater is completed, but is later lost to fire during the Great Kanto earthquake.
March 29 - Japan passes its first labor law.
April 23 - Yoshitoshi Tokugawa sets a Japanese record with a Blériot Aéronautique, flying 48 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds.
May Unknown date - Tamura Fishery Association, as predecessor of Nissui, founded in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
June 20 - Idemitsu Shokai, as predecessor of Idemitsu Showa Shell Petroleum, founded in Moji, now part of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
August 30 - Saionji Kinmochi is appointed Prime Minister of Japan.
September - Five women: Hiratsuka Raichō, Yasumochi Yoshiko, Mozume Kazuko, Kiuchi Teiko, and Nakano Hatsuko begin publishing the literary magazine Seitosha to promote the equal rights of women through literature and education.
Unknown Dated - Namura Shipbuildings was founded in Osaka.^[2]

Births

January 11 - Zenko Suzuki, politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
January 13 - Masayuki Mori, actor (d. 1973)
February 5 - Mitsuo Nakamura, writer (d. 1988)
February 7 - Takako Irie, film actress (d. 1995)
February 15 - Kimiyoshi Yasuda, film director (d. 1983)
February 26 - Tarō Okamoto, artist (d. 1996)
April 8 - Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer (d. 1993)
May 7 - Ishirō Honda, film director (d. 1993)
May 21 - Tanie Kitabayashi, actress (d. 2010)
October 4 - Shigeaki Hinohara, physician (d. 2017)
October 21 - Yoshinori Yagi, author (d. 1999)
November 30 - Tamura Taijiro, novelist (d. 1983)
December 10 - Tatsugo Kawaishi, swimmer (d. 1945)
December 26 - Kikuko Tokugawa, later "Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu", wife of Prince Nobuhito (d. 2004)

Deaths

January 19 - Chizuko Mifune, clairvoyant (b. 1886)
January 24:
- Uchiyama Gudō, Zen Buddhist priest and anarcho-socialist (executed) (b. 1874)
- Shūsui Kōtoku, journalist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1871)
- Kanno Sugako, journalist, feminist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1881)
March 25 - Shigeru Aoki, painter (b. 1882)
May 13 - Tani Tateki, army officer (b. 1837)
June 15 - Ōtori Keisuke, diplomat (b. 1833)
September 16 - Hishida Shunsō, painter (b. 1874)
November 11 - Otojirō Kawakami, actor and comedian (b. 1864)
November 25 - Komura Jutarō, politician (b. 1855)

Web site: Meiji emperor of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
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