1906 in Japan
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Events in the year 1906 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 39 (ææ²»39å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
- Emperor: Emperor Meiji[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Katsura TarÅ (until January 8)
- Saionji Kinmochi (from January 8)
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura
- Akita Prefecture: Takejiro Yukaji then Seino Chotarno then Chuji Shimooka
- Aomori Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa
- Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando
- Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto
- Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke
- Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu
- Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru then Arita Yoshisuke
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Yamada ShunzÅ
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Teru Terahara
- Iwate Prefecture: Sokkichi Oshikawa
- Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda
- Kochi Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki
- Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
- Mie Prefecture: Lord Arimitsu Hideyoshi
- Miyagi Prefecture: Kamei Ezaburo
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Toda Tsunetaro then Nagai Enjin
- Nagano Prefecture: Akira Oyama
- Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe
- Oita Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe
- Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara
- Saga Prefecture: Fai Kagawa
- Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
- Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki
- Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi
- Tochigi Prefecture: Kubota Kiyochika then .....
- Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao
- Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi
- Toyama Prefecture: Shinhare Kawakami
- Yamagata Prefecture: Tanaka Takamichi then Mabuchi Eitaro
- Yamanashi Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
Events
- January 12 â Sogi Electronic Company, as predecessor of Asahi Kasei was founded in Isa region, Kagoshima Prefecture.[page needed]
- April 1 â A sports goods brand Mizuno, as predecessor name was Mizuno Sports Goods was founded.[page needed]
Births
- March 31 â Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, physicist (d. 1979)
- June 28 â Yoshimi Ueda, basketball player and administrator (d. 1996)
- July 16 â Ichimaru, recording artist and geisha (d. 1997)
- September 18 â Matsuo Kishi, film critic and filmmaker (d. 1985)
- October 19 â BandÅ MitsugorÅ VIII, kabuki actor (d. 1975)
- October 20 â Ango Sakaguchi, author (d. 1955)
- October 27 â Kazuo Ohno, Butoh dancer (d. 2010)
- November 13 â Osamu Takizawa, actor (d. 2000)
- November 17 â Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)
Deaths
- January 15 â Narasaki RyÅ, wife of Sakamoto RyÅma (b. 1841)
- July 23 â Kodama GentarÅ, general and politician (b. 1852)
- November 15 â Yamamoto HÅsui, artist (b. 1850)