Events in the year 1911 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 44 (明治44年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Katsura Tarō (until August 30) Saionji Kinmochi (starting August 30)
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: Kogoro Kanokogi Kochi Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama Kumamoto Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori Mie Prefecture: Kubota Kiyochika, Magoichi Tahara Miyagi Prefecture: Hiroyuki Terada Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadayoshi Naokichi then Tadakazu Ariyoshi Nagano Prefecture: Chiba Sadamiki Nara Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba then Mori Masataka then Izawa Takio Niigata Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeaki Hibi Osaka Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi Saga Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro Saitama Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro Shiname Prefecture: Maruyama Shigetoshi then Takaoka Naokichi Tochigi Prefecture: ..... then Okada Bunji Tokyo: Hiroshi Abe Tottori Prefecture: Oka Kishichiro Itami Toyama Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
Events February unknown – Kobayashi Gas Appliance Manufacturing, as predecessor of Paloma, a gas cooking and heating appliance manufacturing brand, was founded in Nagoya. February 1 – Regulations for postal special delivery are passed. Service begins on February 11. February 22 – One of Japan's most well-known authors, Natsume Sōseki, sends a letter to the Ministry of Education, refusing the title of professor of literature. He explains that he just wants to go on living his life as "Natsume so-and-so." March 1 – The Imperial Theater is completed, but is later lost to fire during the Great Kanto earthquake. March 29 – Japan passes its first labor law. April 23 – Yoshitoshi Tokugawa sets a Japanese record with a Blériot Aéronautique, flying 48 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds. May Unknown date – Tamura Fishery Association, as predecessor of Nissui, founded in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. June 20 – Idemitsu Shokai, as predecessor of Idemitsu Showa Shell Petroleum, founded in Moji, now part of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. August 30 – Saionji Kinmochi is appointed Prime Minister of Japan. September – Five women: Hiratsuka Raichō, Yasumochi Yoshiko, Mozume Kazuko, Kiuchi Teiko, and Nakano Hatsuko begin publishing the literary magazine Seitosha to promote the equal rights of women through literature and education. Unknown Dated – Namura Shipbuildings was founded in Osaka.:ja:名村造船所#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on July 29, 2020.
Births January 11 – Zenko Suzuki, politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004) January 13 – Masayuki Mori, actor (d. 1973) February 5 – Mitsuo Nakamura, writer (d. 1988) February 7 – Takako Irie, film actress (d. 1995) February 15 – Kimiyoshi Yasuda, film director (d. 1983) February 26 – Tarō Okamoto, artist (d. 1996) April 8 – Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer (d. 1993) May 7 – Ishirō Honda, film director (d. 1993) May 21 – Tanie Kitabayashi, actress (d. 2010) June 26 – Toyo Shibata, poet (d. 2013) July 7 – Shunpei Hashioka, Olympic boxer (d. 1978) September 1 – Kōmei Abe, composer (d. 2006) October 4 – Shigeaki Hinohara, physician (d. 2017) October 21 – Yoshinori Yagi, author (d. 1999) November 30 – Tamura Taijiro, novelist (d. 1983) December 10 – Tatsugo Kawaishi, swimmer (d. 1945) December 26 – Kikuko Tokugawa, later "Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu", wife of Prince Nobuhito (d. 2004)
Deaths January 19 – Chizuko Mifune, clairvoyant (b. 1886) January 24: Uchiyama Gudō, Zen Buddhist priest and anarcho-socialist (executed) (b. 1874) Shūsui Kōtoku, journalist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1871) Kanno Sugako, journalist, feminist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1881) March 25 – Shigeru Aoki, painter (b. 1882) May 13 – Tani Tateki, army officer (b. 1837) June 15 – Ōtori Keisuke, diplomat (b. 1833) September 16 – Hishida Shunsō, painter (b. 1874) November 11 – Otojirō Kawakami, actor and comedian (b. 1864) November 25 – Komura Jutarō, politician (b. 1855)
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