Events in the year 1908 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 41 (明治41年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Saionji Kinmochi (until July 14) Katsura Tarō (from July 14)
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura Akita Prefecture: Chuji Shimooka, Mori Masataka Aomori Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa, Takeda Chiyosaburo Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando Fukui Prefecture: Nakamura Junkuro Fukushima Prefecture: Hiraoka Teitaro then Shotaro Nishizawa Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu Gunma Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke then Nanbu Mitsumi then Uruji Kamiyama Hiroshima Prefecture: Tadashi Munakata Ibaraki Prefecture: Mori Masataka, Keisuke Sakanaka Iwate Prefecture: Shinichi Kasai Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda Kochi Prefecture: Sada Suzuki, Kenzo Ishihara Kumamoto Prefecture: Nori Oshikawa, Kawaji Toshikyo Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori Mie Prefecture: Lord Arimitsu Hideyoshi, Hayashi Ichizo, Yoshisuke Arita Miyagi Prefecture: Kamei Ezaburo, Hiroyuki Terada Miyazaki Prefecture: Nagai Enjin, Tadayoshi Naokichi Nagano Prefecture: Akira Oyama Niigata Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara, Shigeaki Hibi Saga Prefecture: Fai Kagawa, Inoue Takashihara, Nishimura Mutsu Saitama Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi, Raizo Wakabayashi, Maruyama Shigetoshi Tochigi Prefecture: ..... Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi, Hiroshi Abe Toyama Prefecture: Shinhare Kawakami, Usami Katsuo Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
Events April 30 – Masako, Princess Tsune, sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries Prince Tsunehisa Takeda. May 15 – 1908 Japanese general election June 22 – Red Flag Incident November 30 – Root–Takahira Agreement Unknown date – Yasui Sewing Machine, as predecessor of Brother Industries founded in Nagoya.
Births February 27 – Kazuo Hasegawa, actor (d. 1984) February 29 – Masahiro Makino, film director (d. 1993) April 11 – Masaru Ibuka, electronics industrialist, co-founder of Sony (d. 1997) May 23 – Tomiko Itooka, supercentenarian, Japan’s oldest living People (since December 12 2023-December 29 2024) world's oldest living person (August 19 2024-December 29 2024) (d. 2024) July 8 – Kaii Higashiyama, painter (d. 2009) July 9 – Takashi Asahina, conductor (d. 2001) September 14 – Nobuo Nakamura, actor (d. 1991) October 17 – Kenji Miyamoto, communist politician (d. 2007) November 10 – Kenkichi Oshima, triple jumper (d. 1985) November 11 – Sadako Sawamura, actress (d. 1996) December 27 – Tadao Tannaka, triple jumper (d. 1986)
Deaths January 13 – Hashimoto Gahō, painter (b. 1835) March 25 – Iwasaki Yanosuke, businessman, and 4th Governor of the Bank of Japan (b. 1851) May 2 – Prince Yamashina Kikumaro, (b. 1873) June 23 – Doppo Kunikida, author and poet (b. 1871) October 18 – Nozu Michitsura, field marshal (b. 1840) October 26 – Enomoto Takeaki, politician, President of the Republic of Ezo (b. 1836) November 25 – Inagaki Manjirō, diplomat (b. 1861) December 17 – Inoue Hikaru general (b. 1851)
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