1906 in Japan

Events in the year 1906 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 39 (明治39年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Emperor Meiji
 * Prime Minister:
 * Katsura Tarō (until January 8)
 * Saionji Kinmochi (from January 8)

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura
 * Akita Prefecture: Takejiro Yukaji then Seino Chotarno then Chuji Shimooka
 * Aomori Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa
 * Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando
 * Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke
 * Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu
 * Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru then Arita Yoshisuke
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Yamada Shunzō
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Teru Terahara
 * Iwate Prefecture: Sokkichi Oshikawa
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda
 * Kochi Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
 * Mie Prefecture: Lord Arimitsu Hideyoshi
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Kamei Ezaburo
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Toda Tsunetaro then Nagai Enjin
 * Nagano Prefecture: Akira Oyama
 * Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe
 * Oita Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe
 * Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara
 * Saga Prefecture: Fai Kagawa
 * Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
 * Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki
 * Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Kubota Kiyochika then .....
 * Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao
 * Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi
 * Toyama Prefecture: Shinhare Kawakami
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Tanaka Takamichi then Mabuchi Eitaro
 * Yamanashi Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo

Events

 * January 12 – Sogi Electronic Company, as predecessor of Asahi Kasei was founded in Isa region, Kagoshima Prefecture.
 * April 1 – A sports goods brand Mizuno, as predecessor name was Mizuno Sports Goods was founded.

Births

 * March 31 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, physicist (d. 1979)
 * July 16 – Ichimaru, Japanese recording artist and geisha (d. 1997)
 * September 18 – Matsuo Kishi, film critic and filmmaker (d. 1985)
 * October 20 – Ango Sakaguchi, author (d. 1955)
 * November 13 – Osamu Takizawa, actor (d. 2000)
 * November 17 – Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)

Deaths

 * January 15 – Narasaki Ryō, wife of Sakamoto Ryōma (b. 1841)
 * July 23 – Kodama Gentarō, general and politician (b. 1852)
 * November 15 – Yamamoto Hōsui, artist (b. 1850)