1911 in Japan - Misplaced Pages

←

→

Decades:

Incumbents

February unknown – Kobayashi Gas Appliance Manufacturing, as predecessor of Paloma, a gas cooking and heating appliance manufacturing brand, was founded in Nagoya.
February 1 – Regulations for postal special delivery are passed. Service begins on February 11.
February 22 – One of Japan's most well-known authors, Natsume Sōseki, sends a letter to the Ministry of Education, refusing the title of professor of literature. He explains that he just wants to go on living his life as "Natsume so-and-so."
March 1 – The Imperial Theater is completed, but is later lost to fire during the Great Kanto earthquake.
March 29 – Japan passes its first labor law.
April 23 – Yoshitoshi Tokugawa sets a Japanese record with a Blériot Aéronautique, flying 48 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds.
May Unknown date – Tamura Fishery Association, as predecessor of Nissui, founded in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
June 20 – Idemitsu Shokai, as predecessor of Idemitsu Showa Shell Petroleum, founded in Moji, now part of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
August 30 – Saionji Kinmochi is appointed Prime Minister of Japan.
September – Five women: Hiratsuka Raichō, Yasumochi Yoshiko, Mozume Kazuko, Kiuchi Teiko, and Nakano Hatsuko begin publishing the literary magazine Seitosha to promote the equal rights of women through literature and education.
Unknown Dated – Namura Shipbuildings was founded in Osaka.

January 11 – Zenko Suzuki, politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
January 13 – Masayuki Mori, actor (d. 1973)
February 5 – Mitsuo Nakamura, writer (d. 1988)
February 7 – Takako Irie, film actress (d. 1995)
February 15 – Kimiyoshi Yasuda, film director (d. 1983)
February 26 – Tarō Okamoto, artist (d. 1996)
April 8 – Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer (d. 1993)
May 7 – Ishirō Honda, film director (d. 1993)
May 21 – Tanie Kitabayashi, actress (d. 2010)
October 4 – Shigeaki Hinohara, physician (d. 2017)
October 21 – Yoshinori Yagi, author (d. 1999)
November 30 – Tamura Taijiro, novelist (d. 1983)
December 10 – Tatsugo Kawaishi, swimmer (d. 1945)
December 26 – Kikuko Tokugawa, later "Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu", wife of Prince Nobuhito (d. 2004)

January 19 – Chizuko Mifune, clairvoyant (b. 1886)
January 24:
- Uchiyama Gudō, Zen Buddhist priest and anarcho-socialist (executed) (b. 1874)
- Shūsui Kōtoku, journalist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1871)
- Kanno Sugako, journalist, feminist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1881)
March 25 – Shigeru Aoki, painter (b. 1882)
May 13 – Tani Tateki, army officer (b. 1837)
June 15 – Ōtori Keisuke, diplomat (b. 1833)
September 16 – Hishida Shunsō, painter (b. 1874)
November 11 – Otojirō Kawakami, actor and comedian (b. 1864)
November 25 – Komura Jutarō, politician (b. 1855)

Years in Japan (538–present)

Asuka period (538–710)
646 660 684 703

Nara period (710–794)
721 729 737 740 744 784 794

Heian period (794–1185)

Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336)
1333 1334 1335 1336

Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600)
1568 1569 1570 1571 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600

Meiji period (1868–1912)
1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

Taishō period (1912–1926)
1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Shōwa period (1926–1989)
1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Heisei period (1989–2019)
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Reiwa period (2019–present)
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e 1911 in Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau
Category Asia portal