Events in the year 1901 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 34 (明治34年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi: until May 10 Saionji Kinmochi: (Acting) May 10 – June 2 Katsura Tarō: from June 2
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Mori Mamoru Akita Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo Aomori Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi then Ichiji Yamanouchi Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro Fukui Prefecture: Saburo Iwao then Munakata Tadashi Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo Gunma Prefecture: Furusho Kamon then Nobuchika Ogura Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori Ibaraki Prefecture: Chuzo Kono Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo Kagawa Prefecture: Naokata Suehiro Kochi Prefecture: Kinyuu Watanabe Kumamoto Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori then Egi Kazuyuki Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha Miyagi Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda then Tadashi Munakata Miyazaki Prefecture: Sukeo Kabawaya then Isamu Sonowaya Nagano Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi then Seki Kiyohide Niigata Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara Osaka Prefecture: Tadashini Kikuchi Saga Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide then Fai Kagawa Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi Tochigi Prefecture: Korechika Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi Toyama Prefecture: Higaki Naosuke Yamagata Prefecture: Baron Seki Yoshiomi
Events February 5 – Japan fires up the furnace at its first modern ironworks. April 20 – Japan Women's University is established. June 2 – Katsura Tarō becomes Prime Minister of Japan. September 7 – The Boxer Protocol is signed between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance. Japan is represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Jutarō. Unknown date – Imabari Shipbuilding was founded, as predecessor name was Higaki Shipbuilding in Ehime Prefecture.
Births
February 15 – Minoru Inuzuka, film director and screenwriter (2007) February 16 – Koji Shima, film director, actor, and screenwriter (1986) February 17 – Motojirō Kajii, writer (d. 1932) March 10 – Mushitaro Oguri, novelist (1946) March 27 – Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975) April 19 – Kiyoshi Oka, mathematician (d. 1978) April 29 Hotsumi Ozaki, journalist and soviet spy (d. 1944) Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan (d. 1989) June 21 – Mitsuko Yoshikawa, FILM actress (d. 1991) July 10 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer (d. 1970) September 9 – Hideo Oguma, poet (d. 1940) November 4 – Princess Masako Nashimoto, consort of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (d. 1989) November 5 – Chōgorō Kaionji, writer (1976) December 12 – Ihei Kimura, photographer (d. 1974)
Deaths January 20 – Keisuke Ito, physician and biologist (b. 1803) February 3 – Fukuzawa Yukichi, writer and educator (b. 1835) March 29 – Ōshima Takatō, engineer (b. 1826) June 6 – Oda Nobutoshi, former daimyō (b. 1853) June 21 – Hoshi Tōru, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1850) August 19 – Shō Tai, last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom (b. 1843) December 13 – Nakae Chōmin, philosopher and journalist (b. 1847)
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