Events in the year 1904 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 37 (明治37年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Katsura Tarō
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura Akita Prefecture: Ichiro Tsubaki then Oka Kishichiro Itami Aomori Prefecture: Ichiji Yamanouchi then Katsutaro Inuzuka then Shotaro Nishizawa Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro then Makoto Sugai then Kensuke Ando Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru Hiroshima Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori then Yamada Shunzō Ibaraki Prefecture: Teru Terahara Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo then Sokkichi Oshikawa Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda Kochi Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi Kumamoto Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha then Lord Arimitsu Hideyoshi Miyagi Prefecture: Terumi Tanabe Miyazaki Prefecture: Toda Tsunetaro Nagano Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi then Shuichi Kinoshita then Ogura Hisashi Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara Saga Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide Saitama Prefecture: Count Jissho Oogimachi then Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki Shiname Prefecture: Ihara Ko then Matsunaga Takeyoshi Tochigi Prefecture: Kubota Kiyochika Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi Toyama Prefecture: Rika Ryusuke Yamagata Prefecture: Tanaka Takamichi Yamanashi Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
Events February 8–9 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise Japanese naval attack on Port Arthur (Lüshun) in Manchuria starts the Russo-Japanese War. February 9 – Battle of Chemulpo BayTyler, pp. 61–65. February 23 – Japan–Korea Treaty of February 1904 April 30–May 1 – Battle of Yalu River (1904) Tyler, pp. 177–196. May 25–26 – Battle of NanshanTyler, pp. 240–246. June 14–15 – Battle of Te-li-Ssu July 10 – Battle of Motien Pass July 24–25 – Battle of Tashihchiao July 31 – Battle of Hsimucheng August 10 – Battle of the Yellow Sea August 14 – Battle off Ulsan August 20 – Battle of Korsakov August 22 – Japan–Korea Agreement of August 1904 August 24–September 4 – Battle of Liaoyang October 5–17 – Battle of Shaho Unknown date – Hirano Rubber Manufacturing, as predecessor of Toyo Tire was founded.
Births February 9 – Kikuko Kawakami, author (d. 1985) May 27 – Chūhei Nambu, track and field athlete (d. 1997) June 1 – Ineko Sata, communist and feminist author of proletarian literature (d. 1998) July 9 – Hideo Oguni, Japanese writer (d. 1996) July 18 – Fuji Yahiro, screenwriter (d. 1986) July 25 – Katsuji Matsumoto, illustrator (d. 1986) August 7 – Taro Takemi, physician and 11th President of the Japan Medical Association (d. 1983) August 16 – Minoru Genda, military aviator and politician (d. 1989) September 1 – Aya Kōda, essayist and novelist (d. 1990) October 11 – Ken'ichi Enomoto, comedian and singer (d. 1970) November 18 – Masao Koga, composer (d. 1978) November 22 – Fumio Niwa, novelist (d. 2005) December 28 – Tatsuo Hori, writer, poet and translator (d. 1953)
Deaths January 1 – Konoe Atsumaro, politician and journalist (b. 1863) January 9 – Ii Naonori, former daimyō, son of Ii Naosuke (b. 1848) February 6 – Utagawa Yoshiiku, artist (b. 1833) March 27 – Takeo Hirose, navy career officer (b. 1868) August 12 – Kawamura Sumiyoshi, admiral (b. 1836) August 31 – Tachibana Shūta, soldier (b. 1865) September 26 – Koizumi Yakumo, writer (b. 1850)
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