1922 in Japan

Events from the year 1922 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 11 (大正11年) in the Japanese calendar.

← 1921 1920 1919 1922 in Japan → 1923 1924 1925
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1922 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• Emperor: Taishō[1]
• Regent: Hirohito
• Prime Minister:
  • Takahashi Korekiyo (until June 12)
  • Katō Tomosaburō (from June 12)

Events

• February 3 – According to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report, A surface avalanche hit a passenger train near by Katsuyama shelter in Utatonami (now Itoigawa), Niigata Prefecture. There were 90 fatalities and 40 people were hurt.
• February 6 – Washington Naval Treaty signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy. Japan returns some of its control over the Shandong Peninsula to China.
• February 11 – Ezaki Glico was founded.
• May 1 – Kinjōtei Bakery, as predecessor of Fuji Bakery was founded in Nagoya.[2]
• July – Shinano River incident
• August 8 – Shogakukan was founded.
• August 28 – Japan withdrew troops from the Siberian Intervention

Births

• January 4 – Futaro Yamada, author (d. 2001)
• February 20 – Hitoshi Motoshima, mayor of Nagasaki (d. 2014)
• March 8 – Mizuki Shigeru, manga author and historian (d. 2015)
• March 20 – Terada Kiyoyuki, aikido teacher (d. 2009)
• April 25 – Ayako Miura, novelist (d. 1999)
• May 15 – Jakucho Setouchi, Buddhist nun, writer and activist
• June 18 – Donald Keene, scholar, historian, and translator (d. 2019)
• August 27 – Sōsuke Uno, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1998)
• September 16 – Kenichi Yamamoto, mechanical engineer and business executive (d. 2017)
• October 14 – Yumeji Tsukioka, film actress (d. 2017)

Deaths

• January 10 – Ōkuma Shigenobu, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
• February 1 – Yamagata Aritomo, field marshall and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
• February 8 – Kabayama Sukenori, samurai, military leader and politician (b. 1837)
• June 20 – Aeba Koson, author, theater critic, and calligraphy master (b. 1855)
• June 27 – Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, marshal admiral (b. 1867)
• July 8 – Mori Ōgai, novelist, poet, translator and army surgeon (b. 1862)
• July 22 – Takamine Jōkichi, chemist (b. 1854)
• September 18 – Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator (b. 1903)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1920s

References

1. "Taishō | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. ja:フジパン#沿革 (Japanese league edition) Ritreveted date on 10 June 2020.