Events in the year 1895 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 28 (明治28年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Tokito Konkyo Akita Prefecture: Yasuhiko Hirayama Aomori Prefecture: Masa Sawa Ehime Prefecture: Chang Masaya Komaki Fukui Prefecture: Kunizo Arakawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Kojiro Iwasaki Fukushima Prefecture: Yoshio Kusaka then Yasutaro Hara Gifu Prefecture: Michio Sokabe then Sukeo Kabayama Gunma Prefecture: Motootoko Nakamura Hiroshima Prefecture: Baron Nabeshima Miki Ibaraki Prefecture: Takasaki then Egi Kazuyuki Iwate Prefecture: Ichizo Hattori Kagawa Prefecture: Baron Umashi Obata then Ichizo Fukano Kochi Prefecture: Ishida Eikichi Kumamoto Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Nobumichi Yamada Mie Prefecture: Shangyi Narukawa Miyagi Prefecture: Minoru Katsumata Nagano Prefecture: Asada Tokunori Niigata Prefecture: Baron Seung Zhi Kuwata Oita Prefecture: Tameharu Yamada Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara Osaka Prefecture: Utsumi Tadakatsu Saga Prefecture: Teru Tanabe Saitama Prefecture: Tomi Senketaka Shiname Prefecture: Michio Sokabe Tochigi Prefecture: Sato Nobu Tokyo: Miura Yasushi Toyama Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori Yamagata Prefecture: Shuichi Kinoshita
Events January 20-February 12 - Battle of Weihaiwei January 31 - The Kyoto Electric Railway, the first electric railway in Japan, begins operation. March 4 - Battle of Yingkou March 23–26 - Pescadores Campaign (1895) May 2 – Kiyō Saving Bank, as predecessor of Kiyō Bank was established in Wakayama Prefecture.:ja:紀陽銀行#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 13 September 2020. May 29-October 21 - Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) June 2–3 - Battle of Keelung June 11-August 2 - Hsinchu Campaign August 27 - Battle of Baguashan September 25 – Bank of Ashikaga (足利銀行) was established in Tochigi Prefecture.:ja:足利銀行 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 13 September 2020. October 9 - Battle of Chiayi October 11 - Battle of Chiatung October 19 – Nekata Bank (根方銀行), as predecessor of Suruga Bank was founded in Shizuoka Prefecture.:ja:スルガ銀行#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on June 16, 2020. November 26 - Battle of Changhsing Unknown date – Genzo Shimazu Battery Manufacturing, as predecessor of GS Yuasa was founded in Kyoto.
Births January 19 - Isamu Cho, army officer (d. 1945) January 21 - Noe Itō, anarchist and feminist (d. 1923) February 23 - Iwao Matsuda (general) (d. 1979) March 2 - Sanji Iwabuchi, admiral (d. 1945) April 26 - Enzo Matsunaga, writer (d. 1948) September 25 - Masafumi Arima, admiral (d. 1944) November 17 - Unichi Hiratsuka, printmaker (d. 1997) December 11 - Kiyoto Kagawa, admiral (d. 1943) December 25 - Mitsuharu Kaneko, poet and painter (d. 1975) Heihachirō Kojima, photographer Keiichirō Yoshino, photographer
Deaths January 15 - Prince Arisugawa Taruhito February 9 - Ōdera Yasuzumi February 20 - Kōno Bairei April 20 - Kōno Togama November 5 - Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
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