1871 in Japan
Events in the year 1871 in Japan.
Incumbents
Governors
- Aomori Prefecture: Hiromichi Noda, J. Hishida
- Fukui Prefecture: Kotobuki Murata
- Fukushima Prefecture: Tomoharu Kiyooka
- Gifu Prefecture: Joren Hasegawa
- Gunma Prefecture: Sada Aoyama
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Kono Toshikama, Senbon Hisanobu, Kono Toshikama, Date Muneoki
- List of governors of [Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki Prefecture]:
- * July 13-December 9: Tesshu Yamaoka
- * starting December 9: Yamaguchi
- Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
- Kagawa Prefecture: Mohei Hayashi
- Kochi Prefecture: Yuzo Hayashi
- Kyoto Prefecture: Nobuatsu
- Nagano Prefecture: Takaishi Wado, Tachiki Kenzen
- Niigata Prefecture: Hirimatsu
- Oita Prefecture: Kei Morishita
- Osaka Prefecture: Yotsutsuji Nishi
- Saga Prefecture: Sadao Koga
- Saitama Prefecture: Morihide Nomura
- Shiname Prefecture: Masami Terada
- Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima
- Tokyo: Osamu Mibo, Yuri Kousei
- Toyama Prefecture:
- * until August: Earl Maeda
- * August-December: Obata Nobutomo
- Yamagata Prefecture:......
Events
- January 28 - Japan's first Japanese-language daily newspaper, the Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun, is printed in Yokohama.
- June 27 The yen becomes the country's national currency.