1906 in Japan

Events in the year 1906 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 39 (明治39年) in the Japanese calendar.

← 1905 1904 1903 1906 in Japan → 1907 1908 1909
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1906 History of Japan Timeline Years

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji^[1]
• Prime Minister:
  • Katsura Tarō (until January 8)
  • Saionji Kinmochi (from January 8)

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura
• Akita Prefecture: Takejiro Yukaji then Seino Chotarno then Chuji Shimooka
• Aomori Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa
• Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando
• Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto
• Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke
• Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu
• Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru then Arita Yoshisuke
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Yamada Shunzō
• Ibaraki Prefecture: Teru Terahara
• Iwate Prefecture: Sokkichi Oshikawa
• Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda
• Kochi Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi
• Kumamoto Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki
• Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
• Mie Prefecture: Lord Arimitsu Hideyoshi
• Miyagi Prefecture: Kamei Ezaburo
• Miyazaki Prefecture: Toda Tsunetaro then Nagai Enjin
• Nagano Prefecture: Akira Oyama
• Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe
• Oita Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe
• Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara
• Saga Prefecture: Fai Kagawa
• Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
• Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki
• Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi
• Tochigi Prefecture: Kubota Kiyochika then .....
• Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao
• Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi
• Toyama Prefecture: Shinhare Kawakami
• Yamagata Prefecture: Tanaka Takamichi then Mabuchi Eitaro
• Yamanashi Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo

Events

• January 12 – Sogi Electronic Company, as predecessor of Asahi Kasei was founded in Isa region, Kagoshima Prefecture.^{[page needed]}
• April 1 – A sports goods brand Mizuno, as predecessor name was Mizuno Sports Goods was founded.^{[page needed]}

Births

• March 31 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, physicist (d. 1979)
• July 16 – Ichimaru, Japanese recording artist and geisha (d. 1997)
• September 18 – Matsuo Kishi, film critic and filmmaker (d. 1985)
• October 20 – Ango Sakaguchi, author (d. 1955)
• November 13 – Osamu Takizawa, actor (d. 2000)
• November 17 – Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)

Deaths

• January 15 – Narasaki Ryō, wife of Sakamoto Ryōma (b. 1841)
• July 23 – Kodama Gentarō, general and politician (b. 1852)
• November 15 – Yamamoto Hōsui, artist (b. 1850)