1901 in Japan

Events in the year 1901 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 34 (明治34年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Emperor Meiji
 * Prime Minister:
 * Itō Hirobumi: until May 10
 * Saionji Kinmochi: (Acting) May 10 – June 2
 * Katsura Tarō: from June 2

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Mori Mamoru
 * Akita Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
 * Aomori Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi then Ichiji Yamanouchi
 * 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: Chuzo Kono
 * Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Naokata Suehiro
 * Kochi Prefecture: Kinyuu Watanabe
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori then Egi Kazuyuki
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
 * Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda then Tadashi Munakata
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Sukeo Kabawaya then Isamu Sonowaya
 * Nagano Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi then Seki Kiyohide
 * Niigata Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi
 * Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi
 * Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara
 * Osaka Prefecture: Tadashini Kikuchi
 * Saga Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide then Fai Kagawa
 * Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
 * Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki
 * Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Korechika
 * Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao
 * Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi
 * Toyama Prefecture: Higaki Naosuke
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Baron Seki Yoshiomi

Events

 * February 5 – Japan fires up the furnace at its first modern ironworks.
 * April 20 – Japan Women's University is established.
 * September 7 – The Boxer Protocol is signed between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance. Japan is represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Jutarō.
 * Unknown date – Imabari Shipbuilding was founded, as predecessor name was Higaki Shipbuilding in Ehime Prefecture.

Births

 * February 15 – Minoru Inuzuka, film director and screenwriter (2007)
 * February 16 – Koji Shima, film director, actor, and screenwriter (1986)
 * February 17 – Motojirō Kajii, writer (d. 1932)
 * March 10 – Mushitaro Oguri, novelist (1946)
 * March 27 – Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)
 * April 19 – Kiyoshi Oka, mathematician (d. 1978)
 * April 29
 * Hotsumi Ozaki, journalist and soviet spy (d. 1944)
 * Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)
 * June 21 – Mitsuko Yoshikawa, FILM actress (d. 1991)
 * July 10 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer (d. 1970)
 * September 9 – Hideo Oguma, poet (d. 1940)
 * November 4 – Princess Masako Nashimoto, consort of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (d. 1989)
 * November 5 – Chōgorō Kaionji, writer (1976)
 * December 12 – Ihei Kimura, photographer (d. 1974)

Deaths

 * January 20 – Keisuke Ito, physician and biologist (b. 1803)
 * February 3 – Fukuzawa Yukichi, writer and educator (b. 1835)
 * March 29 – Ōshima Takatō, engineer (b. 1826)
 * June 6 – Oda Nobutoshi, former daimyō (b. 1853)
 * June 21 – Hoshi Tōru, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1850)
 * August 19 – Shō Tai, last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom (b. 1843)
 * December 13 – Nakae Chōmin, philosopher and journalist (b. 1847)