1882 in Japan

Events in the year 1882 in Japan.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Emperor Meiji

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Renpei Kunisada
 * Akita Prefecture: Ishida Eikichi
 * Aomori Prefecture: Hidenori Yamada then Kanenori Goda
 * Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki
 * Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Morisuke Yamayoshi then Michitsume Mishima
 * Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
 * Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Senda Sadaaki
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Hitomi Katsutaro
 * Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
 * Kanagawa Prefecture: Baron Tadatsu Hayashi
 * Kochi Prefecture: Teru Tanabe then Ijuin Shizen
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Kokudo Kitagaki
 * Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao
 * Nagano Prefecture: Makoto Ono
 * Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui
 * Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura
 * Osaka Prefecture: Tateno Tsuyoshi
 * Saga Prefecture: Kamata
 * Saitama Prefecture: Tasuke Shirane then Kiyohide Yoshida
 * Shimane Prefecture: Jiro Sakai
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Fujikawa
 * Tokyo: Earl Kensho Yoshikawa
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Viscount Mishima Michitsune

Events

 * January 4 - Emperor Meiji issues the Imperial Script for the Military.