Events in the year 1905 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 38 (明治38年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Katsura Tarō
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura Akita Prefecture: Oka Kishichiro Itami then Takejiro Yukaji Aomori Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru 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 Nagano Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide then Akira Oyama Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe Oita Prefecture: Ogura Hisashi 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 Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi Toyama Prefecture: Rika Ryusuke then Shinhare Kawakami Yamagata Prefecture: Tanaka Takamichi Yamanashi Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
Events January 2: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur in China. January 25–29: Battle of Sandepu February 20-March 10: Battle of Mukden April 1: Japan–Korea Agreement of April 1905 May 27–28: Battle of Tsushima August 13: Japan–Korea Agreement of August 1905 September 1: Kobe Steel has founded. September 5: Treaty of Portsmouth signed, ending Russo-Japanese War Hibiya Incendiary Incident November 17: Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 Wolves become extinct in Japan.
Births January 3 – Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (d. 1987) January 5 – Tamako Kataoka, artist (d. 2008) January 14 – Takeo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995) January 15 – Kamatari Fujiwara, actor (d. 1985) March 12 – Takashi Shimura, actor (d. 1982) April 1 – Asaichi Isobe, army officer (d. 1937) May 14 – Kunio Maekawa, architect (d. 1986) May 28 – Sada Abe, geisha and prostitute (d. 1970?) June 25 – Jun'ichi Yoda, poet (d. 1997) July 2 – Tatsuzō Ishikawa, writer (d. 1985) July 25 – Masazō Nonaka, supercentenarian (d. 2019) August 20 – Mikio Naruse, filmmaker (d. 1969) October 2 – Fumiko Enchi, writer (d. 1986) October 3 – Taiko Hirabayashi, writer (d. 1972) November 15 – Tamiki Hara, writer (d. 1951)
Deaths January 31 – Soejima Taneomi, diplomat and statesman (b. 1828) April 13 – Taguchi Ukichi, historian and economist (b. 1855)
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