1918 in Japan
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Events in the year 1918 in Japan. It corresponds to TaishÅ 7 (大æ£7å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
- Emperor: TaishÅ[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Terauchi Masatake (until September 29)
- Hara Takashi (from September 29)
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Matsui Shigeru
- Akita Prefecture: Hijoki Kawaguchi
- Aomori Prefecture: Takeji Kawamura (until 3 October); Ushimaro Sawada (starting 3 October)
- Ehime Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi
- Fukui Prefecture: Kawashima Miki
- Fukushima Prefecture: Takukichi Kawasaki
- Gifu Prefecture: Kanokogi Kogoro
- Gunma Prefecture: Tomojiro Nakagawa
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Eitaro Mabuchi (until 7 May); Yasukouchi Asakichi (starting 7 May)
- Hyogo Prefecture: Seino Chotarno (until month unknown)
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Yuichiro Chikaraishi
- Iwate Prefecture: Rinpei Otsu
- Kagawa Prefecture: Sakata Kanta
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Chūichi Ariyoshi
- Kochi Prefecture: Takeo Kakinuma
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Ota Masahiro
- Kyoto Prefecture: JÅ«shirÅ Kiuchi (until May); Eitaro Mabuchi (starting May)
- Mie Prefecture: Miki Nagano
- Miyagi Prefecture: Tsunenosuke Hamada
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Shutaro Horiuchi
- Nagano Prefecture: Tenta Akaboshi
- Niigata Prefecture: Watanabe Katsusaburo
- Okayama Prefecture: Masao Kishimoto
- Okinawa Prefecture: Kuniyoshi Suzuki
- Saga Prefecture: Muneyoshi Oshiba
- Saitama Prefecture: Tadahiko Okada
- Shiname Prefecture: Yasukichi Nishimura
- Tochigi Prefecture: Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka
- Tokyo: Yuichi Ionue
- Toyama Prefecture: Takashi Inoue
- Yamagata Prefecture: Ichiro Yoda
Events
- January 9 â According to Japanese government official confirmed report, a worst powder snow avalanche hit into residential area in Mitsumata village, (present day of Yuzawa), Niigata Prefecture, 158 person were human fatalities.[citation needed]
- January 20 â According to Japanese government official confirmed report, a secondary massibie powder snow avalanche hit in residence area in Asahi village, (present day of Tsuruoka), Yamagata Prefecture, total 154 persons were human fatalities.[citation needed]
- July â September â Rice riots: a series of popular disturbances erupt throughout Japan over the precipitous rise in the price of rice causing extreme economic hardship, particularly in rural areas where rice was the main staple of life.[2]
- September 29 â Hara Takashi becomes Prime Minister, the first commoner to be appointed to the office.[3]
- November 11 â World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiègne in France.
- November 22 â Nippon-United States (Nichibei) Sheet Glass, as predecessor of Nippon Sheet Glass was founded in Osaka.[citation needed]
- date unknown - Start of the French military mission to Japan (1918-1919)
- Founded
- Citizen Watch (ã·ããºã³æè¨), as predecessor name was ShÅkÅsha Watch Institute Research.[citation needed]
- Glory (ã°ãã¼ãªã¼), as predecessor name was Kokuei Machine Manufacturing.[4]
- Hochiki (ãã¼ãã), as predecessor name was Tokyo Hochiki.[5]
- Panasonic (ããã½ããã¯), as predecessor name was Matsushita Electronics Work Manufacturing.[citation needed]
- Tokyu Land (æ±æ¥ä¸åç£), as predecessor name was Denen Toshi Developer.[6]
- Resona Holdings, as predecessor name was Osaka Nomura Bank (大éªéæéè¡).[7]
- Sundai Preparatory School (駿å°äºåæ ¡), as predecessor name was Tokyo Higher Examination School.[citation needed]
Births
- January 18 â Mutsuhiro Watanabe, soldier and war criminal (d. 2003)
- January 31 â Michiyo Kogure, film actress (d. 1990)
- February 4 â Yuzo Kawashima, film director (d. 1963)
- February 13 â Junichi Sasai, aviator (d. 1942)
- April 1 â Utako Okamoto, medical doctor (d. 2016)
- May 4 â Kakuei Tanaka, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1993)[8]
- May 27 â Yasuhiro Nakasone, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2019)[9]
- July 2 â Fumiko Hori, painter (d. 2019)
- September 17 â Marii Hasegawa, peace activist (d. 2012)
- October 4 â Kenichi Fukui, chemist, Nobel laureate in chemistry (d. 1998)
- October 8 â Sanae Takasugi, actress (d. 1995)
- December 15 â Chihiro Iwasaki, artist and illustrator (d 1974)
Deaths
- February 4 â Akiyama Saneyuki, soldier (b. 1868)
- February 10 â Hachisuka Mochiaki, politician, former daimyÅ (b. 1846)
- September 17 â Motono IchirÅ politician and diplomat (b. 1862)
- September 30 â Åura Kanetake, politician (born 1850)
- date unknown â Arakaki SeishÅ, Okinawan martial arts master (born 1840)