Events in the year 1916 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 5 (大正5年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Taishō Prime minister: Ōkuma Shigenobu: until October 9 Terauchi Masatake: from October 9
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Matsui Shigeru Akita Prefecture: Saburo Sakamoto (until 28 April); Genzaburo Kojima (starting 28 April) Aomori Prefecture: Matsujiro Obama Ehime Prefecture: Renarto Fukamachi (until 28 April); Sakata Kanta (starting 28 April) Fukui Prefecture: Sato Kozaburo Fukushima Prefecture: Sukeji Horiguchi (until 28 April); Takukichi Kawasaki (starting 28 April) Gifu Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro Gunma Prefecture: Miyake Gennosuke Hiroshima Prefecture: Terada Yushi (until 28 April); Eitaro Mabuchi (starting 28 April) Hyogo Prefecture: Seino Chotarno (starting month unknown) Ibaraki Prefecture: Keisuke Sakanaka Ishikawa Prefecture: Ōta Masahiro (until month unknown) Iwate Prefecture: Rinpei Otsu Kagawa Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi Kochi Prefecture: Toki Kahei (until 13 October); Takeo Kakinuma (starting 13 October) Kumamoto Prefecture: Kawakami Shinhare (until 13 October); Ōta Masahiro (starting 13 October) Kyoto Prefecture: Shoichi Omori (until April); Jūshirō Kiuchi (starting April) Mie Prefecture: until 28 April: Eitaro Mabuchi 28 April – 23 October: Shujiro Nagata starting 23 October: Miki Nagano Miyagi Prefecture: Tsunenosuke Hamada Miyazaki Prefecture: Shutaro Horiuchi Nagano Prefecture: Tenta Akaboshi Niigata Prefecture: Keisuke Sakanaka (until 2 June); Tsuizui Katagawa (starting 2 June) Okinawa Prefecture: until 28 April: Kyūgorō Ōmi 28 April – 4 May: Iwatarō Otagiri starting 4 May: Kuniyoshi Suzuki Osaka Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi Saga Prefecture: Ishibashi Kazu Saitama Prefecture: Akiratani Akira (until 13 October); Tadahiko Okada (starting 13 October) Shiname Prefecture: Ichiro Oriharami Tochigi Prefecture: Shin Kitagawa (until 2 June); Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka (starting 2 June) Tokyo: Yuichi Ionue Toyama Prefecture: Ki Masesaku Yamagata Prefecture: Iwataro Odakiri (until 28 April); Soeda Keiichiro (starting 28 April)
Events Japan during World War I January 22 – Japan launches its first domestically manufactured blimp. The blimp left Tokorozawa at 1:30 p.m. and, after landing and refueling at Toyohashi, landed in Osaka at 5:10 p.m. the next day. November 2 – Prince Hirohito is formally proclaimed Crown Prince and heir apparent. October 9 – Tokyo Confectionery, as predecessor of Meiji Holdings was founded. Unknown date A truck brand, Isuzu founded, as predecessor name of Ishikawajima Automobile Manufacturing. Seinan Gakuin University was founded, as predecessor name was Seinan Gakuin in Fukuoka.
Births January 9 – Masaharu Taguchi, freestyle swimmer (d. 1982) January 12 – Haruo Oka, ryūkōka singer (d. 1970) February 14 – Masaki Kobayashi, film director (d. 1996) July 1 – Olivia de Havilland, British-American film actress (d. 2020 in France) August 8 – Shigeo Arai, freestyle swimmer (d. 1944) August 25 – Saburō Sakai, naval aviator and flying ace (d. 2000) September 17 – Kuniko Miyake, film actress (d. 1992) October 10 – Sumiko Mizukubo, film actress October 15 – Yasuji Miyazaki, Olympic swimmer (d. 1989)
Deaths January 11 – Takashima Tomonosuke, general (b. 1844) February 9 – Katō Hiroyuki, academic and politician (b. 1836) August 8 – Kamimura Hikonojō, admiral (b. 1849) December 9 – Natsume Sōseki, novelist and poet (b. 1867) December 10 – Ōyama Iwao, field marshal (b. 1842)
See also List of Japanese films of the 1910s Asian and Pacific theater of World War I
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