1916_in_Japan Knowpia

Decades:	1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s;
See also:	Other events of 1916; History of Japan • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1916 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 5 (大正5年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents edit

Emperor: Emperor Taishō^[1]
Prime minister:
- Ōkuma Shigenobu: until October 9
- Terauchi Masatake: from October 9

Governors edit

Aichi Prefecture: Matsui Shigeru
Akita Prefecture: Saburo Sakamoto (until 28 April); Genzaburo Kojima (starting 28 April)
Aomori Prefecture: Matsujiro Obama
Ehime Prefecture: Renarto Fukamachi (until 28 April); Sakata Kanta (starting 28 April)
Fukui Prefecture: Sato Kozaburo
Fukushima Prefecture: Sukeji Horiguchi (until 28 April); Takukichi Kawasaki (starting 28 April)
Gifu Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro
Gunma Prefecture: Miyake Gennosuke
Hiroshima Prefecture: Terada Yushi (until 28 April); Eitaro Mabuchi (starting 28 April)
Hyogo Prefecture: Seino Chotarno (starting month unknown)
Ibaraki Prefecture: Keisuke Sakanaka
Ishikawa Prefecture: Ōta Masahiro (until month unknown)
Iwate Prefecture: Rinpei Otsu
Kagawa Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi
Kochi Prefecture: Toki Kahei (until 13 October); Takeo Kakinuma (starting 13 October)
Kumamoto Prefecture: Kawakami Shinhare (until 13 October); Ōta Masahiro (starting 13 October)
Kyoto Prefecture: Shoichi Omori (until April); Jūshirō Kiuchi (starting April)
Mie Prefecture:
- until 28 April: Eitaro Mabuchi
- 28 April – 23 October: Shujiro Nagata
- starting 23 October: Miki Nagano
Miyagi Prefecture: Tsunenosuke Hamada
Miyazaki Prefecture: Shutaro Horiuchi
Nagano Prefecture: Tenta Akaboshi
Niigata Prefecture: Keisuke Sakanaka (until 2 June); Tsuizui Katagawa (starting 2 June)
Okinawa Prefecture:
- until 28 April: Kyūgorō Ōmi
- 28 April – 4 May: Iwatarō Otagiri
- starting 4 May: Kuniyoshi Suzuki
Osaka Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi
Saga Prefecture: Ishibashi Kazu
Saitama Prefecture: Akiratani Akira (until 13 October); Tadahiko Okada (starting 13 October)
Shiname Prefecture: Ichiro Oriharami
Tochigi Prefecture: Shin Kitagawa (until 2 June); Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka (starting 2 June)
Tokyo: Yuichi Ionue
Toyama Prefecture: Ki Masesaku
Yamagata Prefecture: Iwataro Odakiri (until 28 April); Soeda Keiichiro (starting 28 April)

Events edit

Japan during World War I
January 22 – Japan launches its first domestically manufactured blimp. The blimp left Tokorozawa at 1:30 p.m. and, after landing and refueling at Toyohashi, landed in Osaka at 5:10 p.m. the next day.
November 2 – Prince Hirohito is formally proclaimed Crown Prince and heir apparent.
October 9 – Tokyo Confectionery, as predecessor of Meiji Holdings was founded.^{[citation needed]}
Unknown date
- A truck brand, Isuzu founded, as predecessor name of Ishikawajima Automobile Manufacturing.^{[page needed]}
- Seinan Gakuin University was founded, as predecessor name was Seinan Gakuin in Fukuoka.^{[page needed]}