1900 in Japan

Events in the year 1900 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 33 (明治33年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Emperor Meiji
 * Prime Minister:
 * Yamagata Aritomo: (until October 19)
 * Itō Hirobumi: (starting October 19)

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Mori Mamoru
 * Akita Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
 * Aomori Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi
 * Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro
 * Fukui Prefecture: Saburo Iwao then Munakata Tadashi
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke
 * Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
 * Gunma Prefecture: Furusho Kamon then Nobuchika Ogura
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Fumi Kashiwada then Chuzo Kono
 * Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshihara Saburo then Yoshitaro Arakawa then Naokata Suehiro
 * Kochi Prefecture: Tadashi Tanigawa then Kinyuu Watanabe
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
 * Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Kiyoshi Shin then Chikaaki Takasaki then Nomura Masaaki then Motohiro Onoda
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Sukeo Kabawaya then Isamu Sonowaya
 * Nagano Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi
 * Niigata Prefecture: Minoru Katsumata
 * Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi then Sada Suzuki
 * Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara
 * Osaka Prefecture: Tadashini Kikuchi
 * Saga Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide
 * Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
 * Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Hagino Samon then Korechika
 * Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi
 * Toyama Prefecture: Kaneoryo Gen
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Baron Seki Yoshiomi

Events

 * May 10 – Prince Yoshihito, the future Emperor Taishō, marries Sadako Kujō.
 * June 5 – Kyoto Hosei School, as predecessor of Ritsumeikan University has founded.

Births

 * January 1 – Chiune Sugihara, diplomat (d. 1986)
 * January 16 – Kiku Amino, author and translator (d. 1978)
 * February 11 – Jōsei Toda, educator and peace activist (d. 1958)
 * February 27 – Keiji Nishitani, philosopher (d. 1990)
 * March 15 – Kenji Tomiki, aikido and judo teacher (d. 1979)
 * July 4 – Ukichiro Nakaya, physicist (d. 1962)
 * July 5 – Yoshimaro Yamashina, ornithologist (d. 1989)
 * July 23 – Prince Kaya Tsunenori (d. 1978)
 * August 4 – Nabi Tajima, supercentenarian (d. 2018)
 * August 23 – Tatsuji Miyoshi, poet, literary critic, and editor (d. 1964)

Deaths

 * February 26 – Shinagawa Yajirō, politician (b. 1843)
 * August 23 – Kuroda Kiyotaka, second Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)