Events in the year 1910 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 43 (明治43年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Katsura Tarō
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Ichizo Fukano Akita Prefecture: Mori Masataka Aomori Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo Ehime Prefecture: Takio Izawa Fukui Prefecture: Nakamura Junkuro Fukushima Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu Gunma Prefecture: Uruji Kamiyama Hiroshima Prefecture: Tadashi Munakata Ibaraki Prefecture: Keisuke Sakanaka Iwate Prefecture: Shinichi Kasai Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda then Kogoro Kanokogi Kanagawa Prefecture: Kenzo Ishihara then Goro Sugiyama Kochi Prefecture: Kenzo Ishihara then Goro Sugiyama Kunamoto Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo Kyoto Prefecture: Shoichi Omori Mie Prefecture: Yoshisuke Arita Miyagi Prefecture: Hiroyuki Terada Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadayoshi Naokichi Nagano Prefecture: Akira Oyama then Chiba Sadamiki Niigata Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba Saga Prefecture: Nishimura Mutsu then Fuwa Saitama Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro Shiname Prefecture: Maruyama Shigetoshi Tochigi Prefecture: ..... Tokyo: Hiroshi Abe Tottori: Oka Kishichiro Itami Toyama Prefecture: Usami Katsuo then Tsunenosuke Hamada Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
Events
May 14 – The Japan–British Exhibition opens at White City, London, the largest international exposition the Empire of Japan had participated in up to that time. May 20 – Kōtoku Incident: police searching the room of Miyashita Takichi, discover a socialist-anarchist plot to assassinate the Japanese Emperor Meiji, leading to mass arrests. August 22 – Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910: Japan formally annexes Korea. The treaty was proclaimed to the public (and became effective) on August 29, 1910, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea. October 1 – The Nippon Columbia record label is founded by Nipponophone Co., Ltd. November – A confectionery brand Fujiya founded in Yokohama. December - The Japanese Antarctic Expedition leaves Tokyo, led by Nobu Shirase.
Births January 7 – Masako Shirasu, novelist (d. 1998) January 21 – Hideo Shinojima, footballer (d. 1975) February 6 – Komako Hara, film actress (d. 1968) February 19 – Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa (d. 1940) March 12 – Masayoshi Ōhira, politician (d. 1980) March 23 – Akira Kurosawa, screenwriter, producer, and director (d. 1998) May 16 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Buddhist monk (d. 2014) September 10 – Kozaburo Hirai, composer (d. 2002) September 22 – Hidekichi Miyazaki, athlete (d. 2019) October 10 – Ichiji Tasaki, biophysicist (d. 2009) November 10 – Takeo Fujisawa, businessman (d. 1988) November 15 – Yatarō Kurokawa, actor (d. 1984)
Deaths March 3 – Sasaki Takayuki, government minister and court official (b. 1830) April 15 – Tsutomu Sakuma, career naval officer and pioneer submarine commander (b. 1879) April 22 – Rokuzan Ogiwara, sculptor (b. 1879) June 11 – Kataharu Matsudaira daimyō (b. 1869) July 3 Tokugawa Akitake, daimyō (b. 1853) Matasaburō Watanabe, politician (b. 1850) August 2 – Inoue Masaru, Director of Railways in Japan (b. 1843) August 26 – Ume Kenjirō, legal scholar (b. 1860) September 13 – Sone Arasuke, politician and Japanese Resident-General of Korea (b. 1849) October 24 – Yamada Bimyō, novelist (b. 1868) November 5 – Nishio Tadaatsu, daimyō (b. 1850)
See also List of Japanese films of the 1910s
References