Events in the year 1909 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 42 (明治42年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Katsura Tarō
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura Akita Prefecture: Mori Masataka Aomori Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando then Takio Izawa Fukui Prefecture: Nakamura Junkuro Fukushima Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu Gunma Prefecture: Uruji Kamiyama Hiroshima Prefecture: Tadashi Munakata Ibaraki Prefecture: Keisuke Sakanaka Iwate Prefecture: Shinichi Kasai Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda Kumamoto Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo Kochi Prefecture: Kenzo Ishihara Kyoto Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo Mie Prefecture: Yoshisuke Arita Miyagi Prefecture: Hiroyuki Terada Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadayoshi Naokichi Nagano Prefecture: Akira Oyama Nara Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi Niigata Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeaki Hibi Osaka Prefecture: Tadashini Kikuchi Saga Prefecture: Nishimura Mutsu Saitama Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro Shiname Prefecture: Maruyama Shigetoshi Tochigi Prefecture: ..... Tokyo: Hiroshi Abe Toyama Prefecture: Usami Katsuo Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
Events April 29 – Fusako, Princess Kane, seventh daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa. May 6 – Nobuko, Princess Fumi, eighth daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries Prince Yasuhiko Asaka September 4 – Japan and China sign the Jiandao/Gando Treaty, which gives Japan a way to receive railroad concessions in Manchuria. September 8 – A bottle glass, sheet glass and display product and sales brand, AGC was founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, as predecessor name was Asahi Glass. October Unknown date – Motorbike and compact car brand Suzuki founded, as predecessor name is Suzuki Weaving Machine Manufacturing. October 26 – Itō Hirobumi, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and Resident-General of Korea, is assassinated by An Jung-geun at the Harbin Railway Station in Manchuria.
Births January 6 – Haruko Sugimura, film actress (d. 1997) January 20 – Gōgen Yamaguchi, martial artist (d. 1989) March 4 – Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda (d. 1992) March 6 – Shōhei Ōoka, writer (d. 1988) March 9 – Shizue Natsukawa, actress (d. 1999) March 27 – Eitaro Ozawa, actor (d. 1988) March 29 – Kiyoteru Hanada, literary critic and essayist (d. 1974) April 14 – Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter (d. 1991) May 5 – Atsushi Nakajima, author (d. 1942) June 19 Osamu Dazai, writer (d. 1948) Midori Naka, stage actress (d. 1945) August 11 – Yuji Koseki, composer (d. 1989) September 9 – Setsuko Matsudaira, wife of Prince Chichibu (d. 1995) November 7 Ken Uehara, film actor (d. 1991) Sadao Yamanaka, film director and screenwriter (d. 1938) November 16 – Michio Mado, poet (d. 2014) November 29 – Kinuyo Tanaka, film actress (d. 1977) December 21 – Seichō Matsumoto, writer (d. 1992)
Deaths May 10 – Futabatei Shimei, author, translator, and literary critic (b. 1864) July 19 – Arai Ikunosuke, samurai, navy minister of the Republic of Ezo (b. 1836) October 26 – Itō Hirobumi, statesman (b. 1841) November 14 – Yamakawa Futaba, educator (b. 1844) December 8 – Prince Kaya Kuninori (b. 1867)
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