Events in the year 1907 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 40 (明治40年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Saionji Kinmochi
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Ichizo Fukano Akita Prefecture: Chuji Shimooka Aomori Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto, Nakamura Junkuro Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke then Hiraoka Teitaro Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru, Arita Yoshisuke Hiroshima Prefecture: Yamada Shunzō, Tadashi Munakata Ibaraki Prefecture: Otsuka, Mori Masataka Iwate Prefecture: Sokkichi Oshikawa, Shinichi Kasai Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda Kumamoto Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki, Norikichi Oshikawa Kōchi Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi, Sada Suzuki Kyoto Prefecture: Shoichi Omori Mie Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori Miyagi Prefecture: Kamei Ezaburo Miyazaki Prefecture: Nagai Enjin Nagano Prefecture: Tsunamasa Ōyama Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe, Kiyoshi Honba Okayama Prefecture: Terada Yushi Okinawa Prefecture: Narahara Shigeru Osaka Prefecture: Chikaaki Takasaki Saga Prefecture: Fai Kagawa Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo, Toshi Takeshi, Shimada Gotaro Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki Shimane Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi Tochigi Prefecture: ..... Tokyo: Baron Senge Takatomi Toyama Prefecture: Usami Katsuo Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
Events February 5 – Nisshin Spinning, later Nisshinbo founded. February 15 – Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 May Unknown date Maruzen Petroleum, as predecessor of Cosmo Petroleum was founded in Osaka. Seasoning, food processing, medication brand, Ajinomoto was founded by Saburosuke Suzuki in Kyobashi, Tokyo, as predecessor name was Suzuki Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. May 11 – Hinode Life Insurance, later Sumitomo Life Insurance was founded. June 10 – Franco-Japanese Treaty of 1907 July 24 – Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 September 7 – Asahi Grass (now AGC) founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.
Births January 1 – Kinue Hitomi, sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931) January 8 – Keizō Hayashi, civil servant (d. 1991) January 23 – Hideki Yukawa, theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981) February 25 – Utaemon Ichikawa, actor (d. 1999) March 17 – Takeo Miki, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1988) April 29 – Chūya Nakahara, poet (d. 1937) May 6 – Yasushi Inoue, author (d. 1991) June 29 – Junji Nishikawa, footballer July 15 – Shōshin Nagamine, karate master, author, soldier and police officer (d. 1997) August 1 – Hisato Ohzawa, composer (d. 1953) August 12 – Noriko Awaya, soprano chanson and ryūkōka singer (d. 1999) October 1 – Ryōichi Hattori, composer (d. 1993)
Deaths March 12 – Matsumoto Jun, physician (b. 1832) September 2 – Kuga Katsunan, journalist (b. 1857) October 5 – Nakayama Yoshiko, lady-in-waiting, mother of Emperor Meiji (b. 1836) December 16 – Asai Chū, painter (b. 1856)
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