1900 in Japan

← 1899 1898 1897 1900 in Japan → 1901 1902 1903
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1900 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1900 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji^[1]
• Prime Minister:
  • Yamagata Aritomo: (until October 19)
  • Itō Hirobumi: (starting October 19)

Governors[]

• Aichi Prefecture: [[]]
• Akita Prefecture: [[]]
• Aomori Prefecture: [[]]
• Ehime Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukui Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukushima Prefecture: [[]]
• Gifu Prefecture: [[]]
• Gunma Prefecture: [[]]
• Hiroshima Prefecture: [[]]
• Ibaraki Prefecture: [[]]
• Ishikawa Prefecture: [[]]
• Iwate Prefecture: [[]]
• Kagawa Prefecture: [[]]
• Kanagawa Prefecture: [[]]
• Kumamoto Prefecture: [[]]
• Kyoto Prefecture: [[]]
• Mie Prefecture: [[]]
• Miyagi Prefecture: [[]]
• Miyazaki Prefecture: [[]]
• Nagano Prefecture: [[]]
• Nara Prefecture: [[]]
• Niigata Prefecture: [[]]
• Oita Prefecture: [[]]
• Okayama Prefecture: [[]]
• Okinawa Prefecture: [[]]
• Osaka Prefecture: [[]]
• Saga Prefecture: [[]]
• Saitama Prefecture: [[]]
• Shiga Prefecture: [[]]
• Shiname Prefecture: [[]]
• Tochigi Prefecture: [[]]
• Tokushima Prefecture: [[]]
• Tokyo: [[]]
• Toyama Prefecture: [[]]
• Yamagata Prefecture: [[]]
• Yamaguchi Prefecture: [[]]

Events[]

• May 10 – Prince Yoshihito, the future Emperor Taishō, marries Sadako Kujō.
• June 5 – Kyoto Hosei School, as predecessor of Ritsumeikan University has founded.^{[page needed]}

Births[]

• January 1 – Chiune Sugihara, diplomat (d. 1986)
• January 16 – Kiku Amino, author and translator (d. 1978)
• February 11 – Jōsei Toda, educator and peace activist (d. 1958)
• February 27 – Keiji Nishitani, philosopher (d. 1990)
• March 15 – Kenji Tomiki, aikido and judo teacher (d. 1979)
• July 4 – Ukichiro Nakaya, physicist (d. 1962)
• July 5 – Yoshimaro Yamashina, ornithologist (d. 1989)
• July 23 – Prince Kaya Tsunenori (d. 1978)
• August 4 – Nabi Tajima, supercentenarian (d. 2018)
• August 23 – Tatsuji Miyoshi, poet, literary critic, and editor (d. 1964)

Deaths[]

• February 26 – Shinagawa Yajirō, politician (b. 1843)
• August 23 – Kuroda Kiyotaka, second Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)

References[]