1922 in Japan explained

Events from the year 1922 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 11 (大正11年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Akita Prefecture: Ryoshin Nao (until 16 October); Masao Kishimoto (starting 16 October)
- - - Aomori Prefecture: Yujiro Ozaki Ehime Prefecture: Juunosuke Miyazaki Fukui Prefecture: Josuke Shiraogawa Fukushima Prefecture:
- until 14 June: Miyata Mitsuo
- 14 June-16 October: Toshio Mawatari
  - - starting 16 October: Iwata Mamoru Gifu Prefecture: Manpei Ueda Gunma Prefecture: Muneyoshi Oshiba (until 16 October); Yamaoka Kunitoshi (starting 16 October)
Hiroshima Prefecture

Ichiro Yoda (until 16 October); Kamehiko Abe (starting 16 October)

Iwate Prefecture: Takeo Kakinuma (until 16 October); Ushidzuka Torataro (starting 16 October)
Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshibumi Satake (until 24 October); Shuji Sasaki (starting 24 October)
Kanagawa Prefecture

Yasukouchi Asakichi (starting month unknown)

Kochi Prefecture: Abe Yoshihiko (until 16 October); Toyoji Obata (starting 16 October)
Kumamoto Prefecture

Sansuke Nakayama (until 16 October); Tadahiko Okada (starting 16 October)

Raizo Wakabayashi (until October); Tokikazu Ikematsu (starting October)

Mie Prefecture: Haruki Yamawaki (until 16 October); Saburo Shibata (starting 16 October)
Miyagi Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama (until 16 October); Muneyoshi Oshiba (starting 16 October)
Nagano Prefecture

- Shiname Prefecture: Sanehide Takarabe Tochigi Prefecture: Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka (until 16 October); Haruki Yamawaki (starting 16 October)
Tokyo

Toyama Prefecture: Shida Jisho (until 26 September); Kihachiro Ito (starting 26 September)
Yamagata Prefecture: Morimoto Izumi (until 16 October); Agata Shinobu (starting 16 October)
Yamanashi Prefecture: Miki Nagano (until month unknown)

February 3 - According to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report, A surface avalanche hit a passenger train near by Katsuyama shelter in Utatonami (now Itoigawa), Niigata Prefecture. There were 90 fatalities and 40 people were hurt.
February 6 - Washington Naval Treaty signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy. Japan returns some of its control over the Shandong Peninsula to China.
February 11 - Ezaki Glico was founded.
May 1 - Kinjōtei Bakery, as predecessor of Fuji Bakery was founded in Nagoya.^[2]
July - Shinano River incident
August 8 - Shogakukan was founded.
August 28 - Japan withdrew troops from the Siberian Intervention

January 4 - Futaro Yamada, author (d. 2001)
February 20 - Hitoshi Motoshima, mayor of Nagasaki (d. 2014)
March 8 - Mizuki Shigeru, manga author and historian (d. 2015)
March 20 - Terada Kiyoyuki, aikido teacher (d. 2009)
April 25 - Ayako Miura, novelist (d. 1999)
May 15 - Jakucho Setouchi, Buddhist nun, writer and activist (d. 2021)
June 18 - Donald Keene, scholar, historian, and translator (d. 2019)
August 27 - Sōsuke Uno, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1998)
September 16 - Kenichi Yamamoto, mechanical engineer and business executive (d. 2017)
October 14 - Yumeji Tsukioka, film actress (d. 2017)

January 10 - Ōkuma Shigenobu, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
February 1 - Yamagata Aritomo, field marshal and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
February 8 - Kabayama Sukenori, samurai, military leader and politician (b. 1837)
June 20 - Aeba Koson, author, theater critic, and calligraphy master (b. 1855)
June 27 - Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, marshal admiral (b. 1867)
July 8 - Mori Ōgai, novelist, poet, translator and army surgeon (b. 1862)
July 22 - Takamine Jōkichi, chemist (b. 1854)
September 18 - Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator (b. 1903)

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