1904 in Japan

← 1903 1902 1901 1904 in Japan → 1905 1906 1907
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1904 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1904 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji^[1]
• Prime Minister: Katsura Tarō

Governors[]

• Aichi Prefecture: [[]]
• Akita Prefecture: [[]]
• Aomori Prefecture: [[]]
• Ehime Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukui Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukushima Prefecture: [[]]
• Gifu Prefecture: [[]]
• Gunma Prefecture: [[]]
• Hiroshima Prefecture: [[]]
• Ibaraki Prefecture: [[]]
• Iwate Prefecture: [[]]
• Kagawa Prefecture: [[]]
• Kumamoto Prefecture: [[]]
• Kochi 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: [[]]
• Tottori Prefecture: [[]]
• Tokyo: [[]]
• Toyama Prefecture: [[]]
• Yamagata Prefecture: [[]]
• Yamaguchi Prefecture: [[]]

Events[]

• February 8–9 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise Japanese naval attack on Port Arthur (Lüshun) in Manchuria starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• February 9 – Battle of Chemulpo Bay
• February 23 – Japan–Korea Treaty of 1904
• April 30–May 1 – Battle of Yalu River (1904)
• May 25–26 – Battle of Nanshan
• June 14–15 – Battle of Te-li-Ssu
• July 10 – Battle of Motien Pass
• July 24–25 – Battle of Tashihchiao
• July 31 – Battle of Hsimucheng
• August 10 – Battle of the Yellow Sea
• August 14 – Battle off Ulsan
• August 20 – Battle of Korsakov
• August 22 – Japan–Korea Agreement of August 1904
• August 24–September 4 – Battle of Liaoyang
• October 5–17 – Battle of Shaho
• Unknown date – Hirano Rubber Manufacturing, as predecessor of Toyo Tire was founded.^{[page needed]}

Births[]

• February 9 – Kikuko Kawakami, author (d. 1985)
• May 27 – Chūhei Nambu, track and field athlete (d. 1997)
• June 1 – Ineko Sata, communist and feminist author of proletarian literature (d. 1998)
• July 18 – Fuji Yahiro, screen writer (d. 1986)
• July 25 – Katsuji Matsumoto, illustrator (d. 1986)
• August 7 – Taro Takemi, physician and 11th President of the Japan Medical Association (d. 1983)
• August 16 – Minoru Genda, military aviator and politician (d. 1989)
• September 1 – Aya Kōda, essayist and novelist. (d. 1990)^[2]
• October 11 – Ken'ichi Enomoto, comedian and singer (d. 1970)
• November 18 – Masao Koga, composer (d. 1978)
• November 22 – Fumio Niwa, novelist (d. 2005)
• December 28 – Tatsuo Hori, writer, poet and translator (d. 1953)

Deaths[]

• January 1 – Konoe Atsumaro, politician and journalist (b. 1863)
• January 9 – Ii Naonori, former daimy��, son of Ii Naosuke (b. 1848)
• February 6 – Utagawa Yoshiiku, artist (b. 1833)
• March 27 – Takeo Hirose, navy career officer (b. 1868)
• August 12 – Kawamura Sumiyoshi, admiral (b. 1836)
• August 31 – Tachibana Shūta, soldier (b. 1865)
• September 26 – Koizumi Yakumo, writer (b. 1850)

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