1916 in Japan

← 1915 1914 1913 1916 in Japan → 1917 1918 1919
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1916 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1916 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 5 (大正5年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents[]

• Emperor: Emperor Taishō^[1]
• Prime Minister:
  • Ōkuma Shigenobu: until October 9
  • Terauchi Masatake: from October 9

Events[]

• Japan during World War I
• January 22 – Japan launches its first domestically manufactured blimp. The blimp left Tokorozawa at 1:30 p.m. and, after landing and refueling at Toyohashi, landed in Osaka at 5:10 p.m. the next day.
• November 2 – Prince Hirohito is formally proclaimed Crown Prince and heir apparent.
• October 9 – Tokyo Confectionery, as predecessor of Meiji Holdings was founded.^{[citation needed]}
• Unknown date
  • A truck brand, Isuzu founded, as predecessor name of Ishikawajima Automobile Manufacturing.^{[page needed]}
  • Seinan Gakuin University was founded, as predecessor name was Seinan Gakuin in Fukuoka.^{[page needed]}

Births[]

• January 9 – Masaharu Taguchi, freestyle swimmer (d. 1982)
• January 12 – Haruo Oka, ryūkōka singer (d. 1970)
• February 14 – Masaki Kobayashi, film director (d. 1996)
• July 1 – Olivia de Havilland, British-American film actress (d. 2020 in France)
• August 8 – Shigeo Arai, freestyle swimmer (d. 1944)
• August 25 – Saburō Sakai, naval aviator and flying ace (d. 2000)
• September 17 – Kuniko Miyake, film actress (d. 1992)
• October 10 – Sumiko Mizukubo, film actress
• October 15 – Yasuji Miyazaki, Olympic swimmer (d. 1989)

Deaths[]

• January 11 – Takashima Tomonosuke, general (b. 1844)
• February 9 – Katō Hiroyuki, academic and politician (b. 1836)
• August 8 – Kamimura Hikonojō, admiral (b. 1849)
• December 9 – Natsume Sōseki, novelist and poet (b. 1867)
• December 10 – Ōyama Iwao, field marshall (b. 1842)

See also[]

• List of Japanese films of the 1910s
• Asian and Pacific theater of World War I

References[]