1916 in Japan
Events in the year 1916 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 5 (大正5年) in the Japanese calendar.
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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.
- Unknown date
- A truck brand, Isuzu founded, as predecessor name of Ishikawajima Automobile Manufacturing.
- Seinan Gakuin University was founded, as predecessor name was Seinan Gakuin in Fukuoka.
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)
References
- "Taishō | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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