1918 in Japan

none 1918 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 80px Other events of 1918 History of Japan Timeline Years Events in the year 1918 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 7 (大正7年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents Emperor: TaishōTaishō emperor of Japan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Taisho Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en 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: Jūshirō 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 – 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.February 2021 January 20 – 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.February 2021 July – September – 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.Crump John 1996 Anarchist Communist Editions ACE Pamphlet 8 Pirate Press http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/john-crump-the-anarchist-movement-in-japan-1906-1996 The Anarchist Movement in Japan, 1906–1996 September 29 – Hara Takashi becomes Prime Minister, the first commoner to be appointed to the office.Olson, L. A.: Hara Kei – A Political Biography. Ph.D.diss. Harvard University, 1954. November 11 – World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiègne in France. November 22 – Nippon-United States (Nichibei) Sheet Glass, as predecessor of Nippon Sheet Glass was founded in Osaka.February 2021 date unknown – Start of the French military mission to Japan (1918-1919) Founded Citizen Watch (シチズン時計), as predecessor name was Shōkōsha Watch Institute Research.August 2022 Glory (グローリー), as predecessor name was Kokuei Machine Manufacturing.:ja:グローリー (企業)#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 20 May 2020 Hochiki (ホーチキ), as predecessor name was Tokyo Hochiki.:ja:ホーチキ#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 20 May 2020. Panasonic (パナソニック), as predecessor name was Matsushita Electronics Work Manufacturing.May 2020 Tokyu Land (東急不動産), as predecessor name was Denen Toshi Developer.:ja:田園都市 (企業) (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on May 20, 2020. Resona Holdings, as predecessor name was Osaka Nomura Bank (大阪野村銀行).:ja:大阪野村銀行#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on May 27, 2019. Sundai Preparatory School (駿台予備校), as predecessor name was Tokyo Higher Examination School.June 2020 Births January 18 – Mutsuhiro Watanabe, soldier and war criminal (d. 2003) January 31 – Michiyo Kogure, film actress (d. 1990) February 4 – Yuzo Kawashima, film director (d. 1963) February 13 – Junichi Sasai, aviator (d. 1942) April 1 – Utako Okamoto, medical doctor (d. 2016) May 4 – Kakuei Tanaka, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1993)The Economist, 28 March 2009 p. 67. May 27 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2019)"Japan's Elder Statesman Is Silent No Longer" by Martin Fackler, The New York Times, 29 January 2010 (30 January 2010 p. A11). July 2 – Fumiko Hori, painter (d. 2019) September 17 – Marii Hasegawa, peace activist (d. 2012) October 4 – Kenichi Fukui, chemist, Nobel laureate in chemistry (d. 1998) October 8 – Sanae Takasugi, actress (d. 1995) December 15 – Chihiro Iwasaki, artist and illustrator (d 1974) Deaths February 4 – Akiyama Saneyuki, soldier (b. 1868) February 10 – Hachisuka Mochiaki, politician, former daimyō (b. 1846) September 17 – Motono Ichirō politician and diplomat (b. 1862) September 30 – Ōura Kanetake, politician (born 1850) date unknown – Arakaki Seishō, Okinawan martial arts master (born 1840) See also List of Japanese films of the 1910s Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I Japan during World War I Japanese intervention in Siberia References 1918 in Category:1910s in Japan Japan Category:1918 in Asia