Events in the year 1903 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 36 (æÂÂæ²»36å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Births
- January 2 â Kane Tanaka, supercentenarian (oldest verified Japanese person and the second oldest verified person ever) (d. 2022)
- January 7 â Mori Mari, author (d. 1987)
- January 25 â Fumiko Kaneko, anarchist (d. 1926)
- February 3 â YasutarÃ
 Yagi, screenwriter (d. 1987)
- February 5 â Koto Matsudaira, diplomat (d. 1994)
- February 18 â Tokihiko Okada, silent film actor (d. 1934)
- March 6 â Empress KÃ
Âjun, empress consort of Emperor Hirohito (d. 2000)
- March 30 â ChiezÃ
 Kataoka, actor (d. 1983)
- April 11 - Misuzu Kaneko, poet (d. 1930)
- May 19 - Shimoe Akiyama, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2019)
- June 8 â Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator (d. 1922)
- June 22 â Jiro Horikoshi, aircraft designer and engineer (d. 1982)
- August 3 â Roppa Furukawa, film actor (d. 1961)
- September 7 â Kensaku Shimaki, writer (d. 1945)
- September 28 â Tateo KatÃ
Â, fighter ace (d. 1942)
- October 1 â Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Olympic swimmer (d. 1986)
- October 13 â Takiji Kobayashi, writer (d. 1933)
- November 3 â Shizue Shiono, film actor (d. 1962)
- December 12 â YasujirÃ
 Ozu, film director and screenwriter (d. 1963)
- December 31 â Fumiko Hayashi, writer (d. 1951)
Deaths
- February 18
- Prince Komatsu Akihito, Field Marshal, Chief of the General Staff (b. 1846)
- Onoe KikugorÃ
 V, kabuki actor (b. 1844)
- April 28 – SaigÃ
 Tanomo, Shinto priest, martial artist and former Samurai (b. 1830)
- May 22 – Misao Fujimura, student and poet (b. 1886)
- June 29 – RentarÃ
 Taki, pianist (b. 1879)
- August 27 – Kusumoto Ine, physician, first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan (b. 1827)
- September 13 – Ichikawa DanjÃ
«rÃ
 IX, kabuki actor (b. 1838)
- October 30 – Ozaki KÃ
ÂyÃ
Â, author (b. 1868)
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