1922 in Japan
Events from the year 1922 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 11 in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Hikoji Kawaguchi
- Akita Prefecture: Ryoshin Nao ; Masao Kishimoto
- Aomori Prefecture: Yujiro Ozaki
- Ehime Prefecture: Juunosuke Miyazaki
- Fukui Prefecture: Josuke Shiraogawa
- Fukushima Prefecture:
- * until 14 June: Miyata Mitsuo
- * 14 June-16 October: Toshio Mawatari
- * starting 16 October: Iwata Mamoru
- Gifu Prefecture: Manpei Ueda
- Gunma Prefecture: Muneyoshi Oshiba ; Yamaoka Kunitoshi
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Ichiro Yoda ; Kamehiko Abe
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Genjiro Moriya
- Iwate Prefecture: Takeo Kakinuma ; Ushidzuka Torataro
- Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshibumi Satake ; Shuji Sasaki
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Yasukouchi Asakichi
- Kochi Prefecture: Abe Yoshihiko ; Toyoji Obata
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Sansuke Nakayama ; Tadahiko Okada
- Kyoto Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi ; Tokikazu Ikematsu
- Mie Prefecture: Haruki Yamawaki ; Saburo Shibata
- Miyagi Prefecture: Yuichiro Chikaraishi
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama ; Muneyoshi Oshiba
- Nagano Prefecture: Toshio Honma
- Niigata Prefecture: Ota Masahiro
- Okayama Prefecture: Masao Kishimoto
- Okinawa Prefecture: Jyun Wada
- Saga Prefecture: Tominaga
- Saitama Prefecture: Horiuchi Hidetaro
- Shiname Prefecture: Sanehide Takarabe
- Tochigi Prefecture: Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka ; Haruki Yamawaki
- Tokyo: Katsuo Usami
- Toyama Prefecture: Shida Jisho ; Kihachiro Ito
- Yamagata Prefecture: Morimoto Izumi ; Agata Shinobu
- Yamanashi Prefecture: Miki Nagano
Events
- February 3 - According to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report, A surface avalanche hit a passenger train near by Katsuyama shelter in Utatonami, Niigata Prefecture. There were 90 fatalities and 40 people were hurt.
- February 6 - Washington Naval Treaty signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy. Japan returns some of its control over the Shandong Peninsula to China.
- February 11 - Ezaki Glico was founded.
- May 1 - Kinjōtei Bakery, as predecessor of Fuji Bakery was founded in Nagoya.
- July - Shinano River incident
- August 8 - Shogakukan was founded.
- August 28 - Japan withdrew troops from the Siberian Intervention
Births
- January 4 - Futaro Yamada, author
- February 20 - Hitoshi Motoshima, mayor of Nagasaki
- March 8 - Mizuki Shigeru, manga author and historian
- March 20 - Terada Kiyoyuki, aikido teacher
- April 25 - Ayako Miura, novelist
- May 15 - Jakucho Setouchi, Buddhist nun, writer and activist
- June 18 - Donald Keene, scholar, historian, and translator
- August 27 - Sōsuke Uno, Prime Minister of Japan
- September 16 - Kenichi Yamamoto, mechanical engineer and business executive
- October 14 - Yumeji Tsukioka, film actress
Deaths
- January 10 - Ōkuma Shigenobu, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
- February 1 - Yamagata Aritomo, field marshal and Prime Minister of Japan
- February 8 - Kabayama Sukenori, samurai, military leader and politician
- June 20 - Aeba Koson, author, theater critic, and calligraphy master
- June 27 - Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, marshal admiral
- July 8 - Mori Ōgai, novelist, poet, translator and army surgeon
- July 22 - Takamine Jōkichi, chemist
- September 18 - Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator