1910 in Japan

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Events in the year 1910 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 43 (明治43年) in the Japanese calendar.

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Events[]

Official guide to the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910
  • May 14 – The Japan–British Exhibition opens at White City, London, the largest international exposition the Empire of Japan had participated in up to that time.
  • May 20 – Kōtoku Incident: police searchingthe room of , discover a socialist-anarchist plot to assassinate the Japanese Emperor Meiji, leading to mass arrests.[2]
  • August 22 – Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910:[citation needed] Japan formally annexes Korea. The treaty was proclaimed to the public (and became effective) on August 29, 1910, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  • October 1 – The Nippon Columbia record label is founded by Nipponophone Co., Ltd.
  • November – A confectionery brand Fujiya founded in Yokohama.[page needed]
  • December - The Japanese Antarctic Expedition leaves Tokyo, led by Nobu Shirase.[3]

Births[]

  • January 7 – Masako Shirasu, novelist (d. 1998)
  • January 21 – Hideo Shinojima, footballer (d. 1975)
  • February 6 – Komako Hara, film actress (d. 1968)
  • February 19 – Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa (d. 1940)
  • March 12 – Masayoshi Ōhira, politician (d. 1980)
  • March 23 – Akira Kurosawa, screenwriter, producer, and director (d. 1998)
  • May 16 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Buddhist monk (d. 2014)
  • September 10 – Kozaburo Hirai, composer (d. 2002)
  • October 10 – Ichiji Tasaki, biophysicist (d. 2009)
  • November 10 – Takeo Fujisawa, businessman (d. 1988)
  • November 15 – Yatarō Kurokawa, actor (d. 1984)

Deaths[]

  • March 3 – Sasaki Takayuki, government minister and court official (b. )
  • April 15 – Tsutomu Sakuma, career naval officer and pioneer submarine commander (b. 1879)
  • April 22 – Rokuzan Ogiwara, sculptor (b. 1879)
  • June 11 – Kataharu Matsudaira daimyō (b. 1869)
  • July 3
  • August 2 – Inoue Masaru, Director of Railways in Japan (b. )
  • August 26 – Ume Kenjirō, legal scholar (b. )
  • September 13 – Sone Arasuke, politician and Japanese Resident-General of Korea (b. )
  • October 24 – Yamada Bimyō, novelist (b. 1868)
  • November 5 – Nishio Tadaatsu, daimyō (b. )

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ Nish, Ian Hill; Cortazzi, Hugh (2002). Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits. Japan Society Publications. p. 338.
  3. ^ Shirase Antarctic Expedition Supporters' Association (2011). The Japanese South Polar expedition, 1910-12 : a record of Antarctica. Norwich: Bluntisham Books. ISBN 9781852971090.
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