Events in the year 1906 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 39 (明治39年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Katsura Tarō (until January 8) Saionji Kinmochi (from January 8)
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura Akita Prefecture: Takejiro Yukaji then Seino Chotarno then Chuji Shimooka Aomori Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru then Arita Yoshisuke Hiroshima Prefecture: Yamada Shunzō Ibaraki Prefecture: Teru Terahara Iwate Prefecture: Sokkichi Oshikawa Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda Kochi Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi Kumamoto Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori Mie Prefecture: Lord Arimitsu Hideyoshi Miyagi Prefecture: Kamei Ezaburo Miyazaki Prefecture: Toda Tsunetaro then Nagai Enjin Nagano Prefecture: Akira Oyama Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe Oita Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara Saga Prefecture: Fai Kagawa Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi Tochigi Prefecture: Kubota Kiyochika then ..... Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi Toyama Prefecture: Shinhare Kawakami Yamagata Prefecture: Tanaka Takamichi then Mabuchi Eitaro Yamanashi Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
Events January 12 – Sogi Electronic Company, as predecessor of Asahi Kasei was founded in Isa region, Kagoshima Prefecture. April 1 – A sports goods brand Mizuno, as predecessor name was Mizuno Sports Goods was founded.
Births March 31 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, physicist (d. 1979) June 28 – Yoshimi Ueda, basketball player and administrator (d. 1996) July 16 – Ichimaru, recording artist and geisha (d. 1997) September 18 – Matsuo Kishi, film critic and filmmaker (d. 1985) October 19 – Bandō Mitsugorō VIII, kabuki actor (d. 1975) October 20 – Ango Sakaguchi, author (d. 1955) October 27 – Kazuo Ohno, Butoh dancer (d. 2010) November 13 – Osamu Takizawa, actor (d. 2000) November 17 – Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)
Deaths January 15 – Narasaki Ryō, wife of Sakamoto Ryōma (b. 1841) July 23 – Kodama Gentarō, general and politician (b. 1852) November 15 – Yamamoto Hōsui, artist (b. 1850)
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