1911 in Japan

Events in the year 1911 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 44 in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

February unknown - Kobayashi Gas Appliance Manufacturing, as predecessor of Paloma, a gas cooking and heating appliance manufacturing brand, was founded in Nagoya.
February 1 - Regulations for postal special delivery are passed. Service begins on February 11.
February 22 - One of Japan's most well-known authors, Natsume Sōseki, sends a letter to the Ministry of Education, refusing the title of professor of literature. He explains that he just wants to go on living his life as "Natsume so-and-so."
March 1 - The Imperial Theater is completed, but is later lost to fire during the Great Kanto earthquake.
March 29 - Japan passes its first labor law.
April 23 - Yoshitoshi Tokugawa sets a Japanese record with a Blériot Aéronautique, flying 48 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds.
May Unknown date - Tamura Fishery Association, as predecessor of Nissui, founded in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
June 20 - Idemitsu Shokai, as predecessor of Idemitsu Showa Shell Petroleum, founded in Moji, now part of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
August 30 - Saionji Kinmochi is appointed Prime Minister of Japan.
September - Five women: Hiratsuka Raichō, Yasumochi Yoshiko, Mozume Kazuko, Kiuchi Teiko, and Nakano Hatsuko begin publishing the literary magazine Seitosha to promote the equal rights of women through literature and education.
Unknown Dated - Namura Shipbuildings was founded in Osaka.

January 11 - Zenko Suzuki, politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan
January 13 - Masayuki Mori, actor
February 5 - Mitsuo Nakamura, writer
February 7 - Takako Irie, film actress
February 15 - Kimiyoshi Yasuda, film director
February 26 - Tarō Okamoto, artist
April 8 - Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer
May 7 - Ishirō Honda, film director
May 21 - Tanie Kitabayashi, actress
October 4 - Shigeaki Hinohara, physician
October 21 - Yoshinori Yagi, author
November 30 - Tamura Taijiro, novelist
December 10 - Tatsugo Kawaishi, swimmer
December 26 - Kikuko Tokugawa, later "Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu", wife of Prince Nobuhito