1901 in Japan

Events in the year 1901 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 34 (明治34年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji
• Prime Minister:
• Itō Hirobumi: until May 10
• Saionji Kinmochi: (Acting) May 10 – June 2
• Katsura Tarō: from June 2

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture: Mori Mamoru
• Akita Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
• Aomori Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi then Ichiji Yamanouchi
• Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro
• Fukui Prefecture: Saburo Iwao then Munakata Tadashi
• Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke
• Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
• Gunma Prefecture: Furusho Kamon then Nobuchika Ogura
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori
• Ibaraki Prefecture: Chuzo Kono
• Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo
• Kagawa Prefecture: Naokata Suehiro
• Kochi Prefecture: Kinyuu Watanabe
• Kumamoto Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori then Egi Kazuyuki
• Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
• Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha
• Miyagi Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda then Tadashi Munakata
• Miyazaki Prefecture: Sukeo Kabawaya then Isamu Sonowaya
• Nagano Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi then Seki Kiyohide
• Niigata Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi
• Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi
• Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara
• Osaka Prefecture: Tadashini Kikuchi
• Saga Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide then Fai Kagawa
• Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
• Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki
• Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi
• Tochigi Prefecture: Korechika
• Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao
• Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi
• Toyama Prefecture: Higaki Naosuke
• Yamagata Prefecture: Baron Seki Yoshiomi

Events

• February 5 – Japan fires up the furnace at its first modern ironworks.
• April 20 – Japan Women's University is established.
• June 2 – Katsura Tarō becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
• September 7 – The Boxer Protocol is signed between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance. Japan is represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Jutarō.
• Unknown date – Imabari Shipbuilding was founded, as predecessor name was Higaki Shipbuilding in Ehime Prefecture.

Births

• February 15 – Minoru Inuzuka, film director and screenwriter (2007)
• February 16 – Koji Shima, film director, actor, and screenwriter (1986)
• February 17 – Motojirō Kajii, writer (d. 1932)
• March 10 – Mushitaro Oguri, novelist (1946)
• March 27 – Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)
• April 19 – Kiyoshi Oka, mathematician (d. 1978)
• April 29
• Hotsumi Ozaki, journalist and soviet spy (d. 1944)
• Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)
• June 21 – Mitsuko Yoshikawa, FILM actress (d. 1991)
• July 10 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer (d. 1970)
• September 9 – Hideo Oguma, poet (d. 1940)
• November 4 – Princess Masako Nashimoto, consort of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (d. 1989)
• November 5 – Chōgorō Kaionji, writer (1976)
• December 12 – Ihei Kimura, photographer (d. 1974)

Deaths

• January 20 – Keisuke Ito, physician and biologist (b. 1803)
• February 3 – Fukuzawa Yukichi, writer and educator (b. 1835)
• March 29 – Ōshima Takatō, engineer (b. 1826)
• June 6 – Oda Nobutoshi, former daimyō (b. 1853)
• June 21 – Hoshi Tōru, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1850)
• August 19 – Shō Tai, last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom (b. 1843)
• December 13 – Nakae Chōmin, philosopher and journalist (b. 1847)

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