1922 in Japan

Events from the year 1922 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 11 (大正11年) in the Japanese calendar.

← 1921 1920 1919 1922 in Japan → 1923 1924 1925
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1922 History of Japan Timeline Years

Incumbents

• Emperor: Taishō
• Regent: Hirohito
• Prime Minister:
  • Takahashi Korekiyo (until June 12)
  • Katō Tomosaburō (from June 12)

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture: Hikoji Kawaguchi
• Akita Prefecture: Ryoshin Nao (until 16 October); Masao Kishimoto (starting 16 October)
• Aomori Prefecture: Yujiro Ozaki
• Ehime Prefecture: Juunosuke Miyazaki
• Fukui Prefecture: Josuke Shiraogawa
• Fukushima Prefecture:
  • until 14 June: Miyata Mitsuo
  • 14 June-16 October: Toshio Mawatari
  • starting 16 October: Iwata Mamoru
• Gifu Prefecture: Manpei Ueda
• Gunma Prefecture: Muneyoshi Oshiba (until 16 October); Yamaoka Kunitoshi (starting 16 October)
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Ichiro Yoda (until 16 October); Kamehiko Abe (starting 16 October)
• Ibaraki Prefecture: Genjiro Moriya
• Iwate Prefecture: Takeo Kakinuma (until 16 October); Ushidzuka Torataro (starting 16 October)
• Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshibumi Satake (until 24 October); Shuji Sasaki (starting 24 October)
• Kanagawa Prefecture: Yasukouchi Asakichi (starting month unknown)
• Kochi Prefecture: Abe Yoshihiko (until 16 October); Toyoji Obata (starting 16 October)
• Kumamoto Prefecture: Sansuke Nakayama (until 16 October); Tadahiko Okada (starting 16 October)
• Kyoto Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi (until October); Tokikazu Ikematsu (starting October)
• Mie Prefecture: Haruki Yamawaki (until 16 October); Saburo Shibata (starting 16 October)
• Miyagi Prefecture: Yuichiro Chikaraishi
• Miyazaki Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama (until 16 October); Muneyoshi Oshiba (starting 16 October)
• Nagano Prefecture: Toshio Honma
• Niigata Prefecture: Ota Masahiro
• Okayama Prefecture: Masao Kishimoto
• Okinawa Prefecture: Jyun Wada
• Saga Prefecture: Tominaga
• Saitama Prefecture: Horiuchi Hidetaro
• Shiname Prefecture: Sanehide Takarabe
• Tochigi Prefecture: Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka (until 16 October); Haruki Yamawaki (starting 16 October)
• Tokyo: Katsuo Usami
• Toyama Prefecture: Shida Jisho (until 26 September); Kihachiro Ito (starting 26 September)
• Yamagata Prefecture: Morimoto Izumi (until 16 October); Agata Shinobu (starting 16 October)
• Yamanashi Prefecture: Miki Nagano (until month unknown)

Events

• February 3 – According to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report, A surface avalanche hit a passenger train near by Katsuyama shelter in Utatonami (now Itoigawa), Niigata Prefecture. There were 90 fatalities and 40 people were hurt.
• February 6 – Washington Naval Treaty signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy. Japan returns some of its control over the Shandong Peninsula to China.
• February 11 – Ezaki Glico was founded.
• May 1 – Kinjōtei Bakery, as predecessor of Fuji Bakery was founded in Nagoya.
• July – Shinano River incident
• August 8 – Shogakukan was founded.
• August 28 – Japan withdrew troops from the Siberian Intervention

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  A surface avalanche hit to passenger train in Hokuriku Line (current Echigo Tokimeki Railway Line) in Niigata Prefecture on February 4.

Births

• January 4 – Futaro Yamada, author (d. 2001)
• February 20 – Hitoshi Motoshima, mayor of Nagasaki (d. 2014)
• March 8 – Mizuki Shigeru, manga author and historian (d. 2015)
• March 20 – Terada Kiyoyuki, aikido teacher (d. 2009)
• April 25 – Ayako Miura, novelist (d. 1999)
• May 15 – Jakucho Setouchi, Buddhist nun, writer and activist (d. 2021)
• June 18 – Donald Keene, scholar, historian, and translator (d. 2019)
• August 27 – Sōsuke Uno, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1998)
• September 16 – Kenichi Yamamoto, mechanical engineer and business executive (d. 2017)
• October 14 – Yumeji Tsukioka, film actress (d. 2017)

Deaths

• January 10 – Ōkuma Shigenobu, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
• February 1 – Yamagata Aritomo, field marshal and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
• February 8 – Kabayama Sukenori, samurai, military leader and politician (b. 1837)
• June 20 – Aeba Koson, author, theater critic, and calligraphy master (b. 1855)
• June 27 – Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, marshal admiral (b. 1867)
• July 8 – Mori Ōgai, novelist, poet, translator and army surgeon (b. 1862)
• July 22 – Takamine Jōkichi, chemist (b. 1854)
• September 18 – Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator (b. 1903)

See also

• 1922 in Japanese football
• List of Japanese films of the 1920s