April 29 - Fusako, Princess Kane, seventh daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa.
May 6 - Nobuko, Princess Fumi, eighth daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
September 4 - Japan and China sign the Jiandao/Gando Treaty, which gives Japan a way to receive railroad concessions in Manchuria.
September 8 - A bottle glass, sheet glass and display product and sales brand, AGC was founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, as predecessor name was Asahi Glass.
October Unknown date - Motorbike and compact car brand Suzuki founded, as predecessor name is Suzuki Weaving Machine Manufacturing.
October 26 - Itō Hirobumi, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and Resident-General of Korea, is assassinated by An Jung-geun at the Harbin Railway Station in Manchuria.

Births

January 6 - Haruko Sugimura, film actress (d. 1997)
January 20 - Gōgen Yamaguchi, martial artist (d. 1989)
March 4 - Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda (d. 1992)
March 6 - Shōhei Ōoka, writer (d. 1988)
March 9 - Shizue Natsukawa, actress (d. 1999)
March 27 - Eitaro Ozawa, actor (d. 1988)
March 29 - Kiyoteru Hanada, literary critic and essayist (d. 1974)
April 14 - Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter (d. 1991)
May 5 - Atsushi Nakajima, author (d. 1942)
June 19
- Osamu Dazai, writer (d. 1948)
- Midori Naka, stage actress (d. 1945)
August 11 - Yuji Koseki, composer (d. 1989)
September 9 - Setsuko Matsudaira, wife of Prince Chichibu (d. 1995)
November 7
- Ken Uehara, film actor (d. 1991)
- Sadao Yamanaka, film director and screenwriter (d. 1938)
November 16 - Michio Mado, poet (d. 2014)
November 29 - Kinuyo Tanaka, film actress (d. 1977)
December 21 - Seichō Matsumoto, writer (d. 1992)

Deaths

May 10 - Futabatei Shimei, author, translator, and literary critic (b. 1864)
July 19 - Arai Ikunosuke, samurai, navy minister of the Republic of Ezo (b. 1836)
October 26 - Itō Hirobumi, statesman (b. 1841)
November 14 - Yamakawa Futaba, educator (b. 1844)
December 8 - Prince Kaya Kuninori (b. 1867)

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