1907 in Japan

← 1906 1905 1904 1907 in Japan → 1908 1909 1910
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1907 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1907 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji[1]
• Prime Minister: Saionji Kinmochi[2]

Events

• February 5 – Nisshin Spinning, later Nisshinbo founded.
• February 15 – Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907
• May Unknown date – Maruzen Petroleum, as predecessor of Cosmo Petroleum was founded in Osaka.
• May 11 – Hinode Life Insurance, later Sumitomo Life Insurance was founded.
• June 10 – Franco-Japanese Treaty of 1907
• July 24 – Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907
• September 7 – Asahi Grass (now AGC) founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.

Births

• January 1 – Kinue Hitomi, sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931)
• January 8 – Keizō Hayashi, civil servant (d. 1991)
• January 23 – Hideki Yukawa, theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
• February 25 – Utaemon Ichikawa, actor (d. 1999)
• March 17 – Takeo Miki , 41st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1988)
• April 29 – Chūya Nakahara, poet (d. 1937)
• May 6 – Yasushi Inoue, author (d. 1991)
• August 1 – Hisato Ohzawa, composer (d. 1953)
• August 12 – Noriko Awaya, soprano chanson and ryūkōka singer (d. 1999)
• October 1 – Ryōichi Hattori, composer (d. 1993)

Deaths

• March 12 – Matsumoto Jun, physician (b. 1832)
• September 2 – Kuga Katsunan, journalist (b. 1857)
• October 5 – Nakayama Yoshiko, lady-in-waiting, mother of Emperor Meiji (b. 1836)
• December 16 – Asai Chū, painter (b. 1856)

References

1. "Meiji - emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
2. "Saionji Kimmochi - prime minister of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 13 May 2018.