1921 in Japan explained

Events from the year 1921 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 10 (大正10年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

• Emperor

Taishō^[1]

• Regent

Hirohito (from November 25)

• Prime Minister

• • Hara Takashi (until November 4)
  • Takahashi Korekiyo (from November 13)

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Shunji Miyao (until 18 April); Hikoji Kawaguchi (starting 18 April)

• • Akita Prefecture: Ryoshin Nao Aomori Prefecture:
    • • until 9 March: Hidehiko Michioka 9 March-28 September: Shundo Kahei
  • starting 28 September: Yujiro Ozaki
• Ehime Prefecture: Toshio Mawatari (until 27 May); Juunosuke Miyazaki (starting 27 May)
• Fukui Prefecture: Kohei Yuji (until 27 May); Josuke Shiraogawa (starting 27 May)
  • Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasukouchi Asakichi Fukushima Prefecture: Miyata Mitsuo
• Gifu Prefecture: Kanokogi Kogoro (until 27 May); Manpei Ueda (starting 27 May)
  • Gunma Prefecture: Muneyoshi Oshiba Hiroshima Prefecture

Raizo Wakabayashi (until 19 July); Ichiro Yoda (starting 19 July)

• Ibaraki Prefecture

Yuichiro Chikaraishi (until 27 May); Genjiro Moriya (starting 27 May)

• • • • Iwate Prefecture: Takeo Kakinuma Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshibumi Satake Kochi Prefecture: Abe Yoshihiko Kumamoto Prefecture

Hikoji Kawaguchi (until 27 May); Sansuke Nakayama (starting 27 May)

• Kyoto Prefecture

Eitaro Mabuchi (until July); Raizo Wakabayashi (starting July)

• • Mie Prefecture: Haruki Yamawaki Miyagi Prefecture

Mori Masataka (until 27 May); Yuichiro Chikaraishi (starting 27 May)

• Miyazaki Prefecture: Naomiki Hirose (until 3 July); Goro Sugiyama (starting 3 July)
• Nagano Prefecture

Tenta Akaboshi (until 27 May); Tadahiko Okada (starting 27 May)

• Niigata Prefecture

• Okayama Prefecture

Masao Kishimoto

• Okinawa Prefecture

Sōsuke Kawagoe (until 27 May); Jyun Wada (starting 27 May)

• Saga Prefecture

Sawada Ushimaro (until 3 June); Tominaga (starting 3 June)

• Saitama Prefecture

• • • Shiname Prefecture: Sanehide Takarabe Tochigi Prefecture: Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka Tokushima Prefecture: Rinpei Otsu (until month unknown)
• Tokyo

Hiroshi Abe (until 27 May); Katsuo Usami (starting 27 May)

• Toyama Prefecture: Higashizono Motomitsu (until 24 December); Shida Jisho (starting 24 December)
• Yamagata Prefecture: Ichiro Yoda (until 19 July); Morimoto Izumi (starting 19 July)
• Yamanashi Prefecture: Miki Nagano

Events

• January 15  - Mitsubishi Electronics was separate section from Mitsubishi Shipbuildings (now Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) which was founded in Ōsone, Nagoya.
• January Unknown date  - Komatsu Limited was founded, as predecessor name was Komatsu Ironworks.
• September  - Sempill Mission sent by Britain to Japan, with the objective of helping the Imperial Japanese Navy develop its aeronaval forces.
• October 16  - Janome Sewing Machine founded.
• November 4  - Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated at Tokyo Station.
• November 12  - Washington Naval Conference opens at Memorial Continental Hall Hall in downtown Washington DC.
• November 25  - Crown Prince Hirohito is made regent in place of his ailing father.
• December 13  - In the Four-Power Treaty on Insular Possessions, Japan, the United States, United Kingdom, and France agree to recognize the status quo in the Pacific.
• Termination of Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
• Ladies' Agreement
• Unknown date  - Otsuka Pharmaceutical (大塚製薬) founded in Naruto, Shikoku Island.

Births

• January 3  - Natsuko Kahara, actress (d. 1991)
• January 26  - Akio Morita, businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation (d. 1999)
• February 9  - Junzo Shono, writer (d. 2009)
• February 11  - Edward Seidensticker, scholar, historian, and translator (d. 2007)
• February 14  - Toshiko Taira, textile artist (d. 2022)
• March 19  - Heitaro Nakajima, engineer (d. 2017)
• April 20  - Michiko Inukai, writer and philanthropist (d. 2017)
• December 20  - Kosuke Gomi, novelist (d. 1980)

Deaths

• January 13  - Ijuin Gorō, admiral (b. 1852)
• June 19  - Nabeshima Naohiro, politician and former daimyō (b. 1846)
• September 28  - Yasuda Zenjirō, entrepreneur, founder of the Yasuda zaibatsu (b. 1838)
• November 4  - Hara Takashi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
• November 5  - Yusuke Hashiba, archaeologist, historian and anthropologist (b. 1851)
• December 29  - Hayashi Yūzō, politician (b. 1842)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1920s

Notes and References

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