1918 in Japan

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See also:	Other events of 1918 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1918 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Taishō[1]
• Prime Minister:
  • Terauchi Masatake (until September 29)
  • Hara Takashi (from September 29)

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.
• 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.
• 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.[2]
• September 29 – Hara Takashi becomes Prime Minister, the first commoner to be appointed to the office.[3]
• November 11 – World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiègne in France.
• date unknown - Start of the French military mission to Japan (1918-1919)
• Founded
  • Glory (グローリー), as predecessor name was Kokuei Machine Manufacturing.[4]
  • Hochiki (ホーチキ), as predecessor name was Tokyo Hochiki.[5]
  • Panasonic (パナソニック), as predecessor name was Matsushita Electronics Work Manufacturing.
  • Tokyu Land (東急不動産), as predecessor name was Denen Toshi Developer.[6]
  • Resona Holdings, as predecessor name was Osaka Nomura Bank (大阪野村銀行).[7]
  • Sundai Preparatory School (駿台予備校), as predecessor name was Tokyo Higher Examination School.

Births

• 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)[8]
• May 27 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2019)[9]
• 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

1. "Taishō | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. Crump, John (1996). "The Anarchist Movement in Japan, 1906–1996". Anarchist Communist Editions ACE Pamphlet. Pirate Press. 8.
3. Olson, L. A.: Hara Kei – A Political Biography. Ph.D.diss. Harvard University, 1954.
4. ja:グローリー (企業) #沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retriveted date on 20 May, 2020
5. ja:ホーチキ#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retriveted date on 20 May, 2020.
6. ja:田園都市 (企業) (Japanese language edition) Retriveted date on May 20, 2020.
7. ja:大阪野村銀行#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retriveted date on May 27, 2019.
8. The Economist, 28 March 2009 p. 67.
9. "Japan’s Elder Statesman Is Silent No Longer" by Martin Fackler, The New York Times, 29 January 2010 (30 January 2010 p. A11).