1908 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1908 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 41 (明治41年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

• Emperor

Emperor Meiji^[1]

• Prime Minister

• • Saionji Kinmochi (until July 14)
  • Katsura Tarō (from July 14)

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Masaaki Nomura

• Akita Prefecture: Chuji Shimooka, Mori Masataka
• Aomori Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa, Takeda Chiyosaburo
• Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando
• Fukui Prefecture: Nakamura Junkuro
• Fukushima Prefecture: Hiraoka Teitaro then Shotaro Nishizawa
• Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu
• Gunma Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke then Nanbu Mitsumi then Uruji Kamiyama
• Hiroshima Prefecture

Tadashi Munakata

• Ibaraki Prefecture

Mori Masataka, Keisuke Sakanaka

• Iwate Prefecture: Shinichi Kasai
• Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda
• Kochi Prefecture: Sada Suzuki, Kenzo Ishihara
• Kumamoto Prefecture

Nori Oshikawa, Kawaji Toshikyo

• Kyoto Prefecture

Baron Shoichi Omori

• Mie Prefecture: Lord Arimitsu Hideyoshi, Hayashi Ichizo, Yoshisuke Arita
• Miyagi Prefecture

Kamei Ezaburo, Hiroyuki Terada

• Miyazaki Prefecture: Nagai Enjin, Tadayoshi Naokichi
• Nagano Prefecture

Akira Oyama

• Niigata Prefecture

Prince Kiyoshi Honba

• Okinawa Prefecture

Shigeru Narahara, Shigeaki Hibi

• Saga Prefecture

Fai Kagawa, Inoue Takashihara, Nishimura Mutsu

• Saitama Prefecture

Shimada Gotaro

• Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi, Raizo Wakabayashi, Maruyama Shigetoshi
• Tochigi Prefecture: .....
• Tokyo

Baron Sangay Takatomi, Hiroshi Abe

• Toyama Prefecture: Shinhare Kawakami, Usami Katsuo
• Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro

Events

• April 30  - Masako, Princess Tsune, sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries Prince Tsunehisa Takeda.
• May 15  - 1908 Japanese general election
• June 22  - Red Flag Incident
• November 30  - Root–Takahira Agreement
• Unknown date  - Yasui Sewing Machine, as predecessor of Brother Industries founded in Nagoya.

Births

• February 27  - Kazuo Hasegawa, actor (d. 1984)
• February 29  - Masahiro Makino, film director (d. 1993)
• April 11  - Masaru Ibuka, electronics industrialist, co-founder of Sony (d. 1997)
• May 23 – Tomiko Itooka supercentenarian, Japan’s oldest living People (from December 12 2023) world's oldest living person (from August 19 2024)
• July 8  - Kaii Higashiyama, painter (d. 2009)
• July 9  - Takashi Asahina, conductor (d. 2001)
• September 14  - Nobuo Nakamura, actor (d. 1991)
• October 17  - Kenji Miyamoto, communist politician (d. 2007)
• November 10  - Kenkichi Oshima, triple jumper (d. 1985)
• November 11  - Sadako Sawamura, actress (d. 1996)
• December 27  - Tadao Tannaka, triple jumper (d. 1986)

Deaths

• January 13  - Hashimoto Gahō, painter (b. 1835)
• March 25  - Iwasaki Yanosuke, businessman, and 4th Governor of the Bank of Japan (b. 1851)
• May 2  - Prince Yamashina Kikumaro, (b. 1873)
• June 23  - Doppo Kunikida, author and poet (b. 1871)
• October 18  - Nozu Michitsura, field marshal (b. 1840)
• October 26  - Enomoto Takeaki, politician, President of the Republic of Ezo (b. 1836)
• November 25  - Inagaki Manjirō, diplomat (b. 1861)
• December 17  - Inoue Hikaru general (b. 1851)

Notes and References

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