1911 in Japan

Events in the year 1911 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 44 (明治44年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Emperor Meiji
 * Prime Minister:
 * Katsura Tarō (until August 30)
 * Saionji Kinmochi (starting August 30)

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Ichizo Fukano
 * Akita Prefecture: Mori Masataka
 * Aomori Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
 * Ehime Prefecture: Takio Izawa
 * Fukui Prefecture: Nakamura Junkuro
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa
 * Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu
 * Gunma Prefecture: Uruji Kamiyama
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Tadashi Munakata
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Keisuke Sakanaka
 * Iwate Prefecture: Shinichi Kasai
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Kogoro Kanokogi
 * Kochi Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
 * Mie Prefecture: Kubota Kiyochika, Magoichi Tahara
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Hiroyuki Terada
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadayoshi Naokichi then Tadakazu Ariyoshi
 * Nagano Prefecture: Chiba Sadamiki
 * Nara Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba then Mori Masataka then Izawa Takio
 * Niigata Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba
 * Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeaki Hibi
 * Osaka Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi
 * Saga Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro
 * Saitama Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro
 * Shiname Prefecture: Maruyama Shigetoshi then Takaoka Naokichi
 * Tochigi Prefecture: ..... then Okada Bunji
 * Tokyo: Hiroshi Abe
 * Tottori Prefecture: Oka Kishichiro Itami
 * Toyama Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro

Events

 * February unknown – Kobayashi Gas Appliance Manufacturing, as predecessor of Paloma, a gas cooking and heating appliance manufacturing brand, was founded in Nagoya.
 * February 1 – Regulations for postal special delivery are passed. Service begins on February 11.
 * February 22 – One of Japan's most well-known authors, Natsume Sōseki, sends a letter to the Ministry of Education, refusing the title of professor of literature. He explains that he just wants to go on living his life as "Natsume so-and-so."
 * March 1 – The Imperial Theater is completed, but is later lost to fire during the Great Kanto earthquake.
 * March 29 – Japan passes its first labor law.
 * April 23 – Yoshitoshi Tokugawa sets a Japanese record with a Blériot Aéronautique, flying 48 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds.
 * May Unknown date – Tamura Fishery Association, as predecessor of Nissui, founded in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
 * June 20 – Idemitsu Shokai, as predecessor of Idemitsu Showa Shell Petroleum, founded in Moji, now part of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
 * August 30 – Saionji Kinmochi is appointed Prime Minister of Japan.
 * September – Five women: Hiratsuka Raichō, Yasumochi Yoshiko, Mozume Kazuko, Kiuchi Teiko, and Nakano Hatsuko begin publishing the literary magazine Seitosha to promote the equal rights of women through literature and education.
 * Unknown Dated – Namura Shipbuildings was founded in Osaka.

Births

 * January 11 – Zenko Suzuki, politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
 * January 13 – Masayuki Mori, actor (d. 1973)
 * February 5 – Mitsuo Nakamura, writer (d. 1988)
 * February 7 – Takako Irie, film actress (d. 1995)
 * February 15 – Kimiyoshi Yasuda, film director (d. 1983)
 * February 26 – Tarō Okamoto, artist (d. 1996)
 * April 8 – Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer (d. 1993)
 * May 7 – Ishirō Honda, film director (d. 1993)
 * May 21 – Tanie Kitabayashi, actress (d. 2010)
 * October 4 – Shigeaki Hinohara, physician (d. 2017)
 * October 21 – Yoshinori Yagi, author (d. 1999)
 * November 30 – Tamura Taijiro, novelist (d. 1983)
 * December 10 – Tatsugo Kawaishi, swimmer (d. 1945)
 * December 26 – Kikuko Tokugawa, later "Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu", wife of Prince Nobuhito (d. 2004)

Deaths

 * January 19 – Chizuko Mifune, clairvoyant (b. 1886)
 * January 24:
 * Uchiyama Gudō, Zen Buddhist priest and anarcho-socialist (executed) (b. 1874)
 * Shūsui Kōtoku, journalist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1871)
 * Kanno Sugako, journalist, feminist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1881)
 * March 25 – Shigeru Aoki, painter (b. 1882)
 * May 13 – Tani Tateki, army officer (b. 1837)
 * June 15 – Ōtori Keisuke, diplomat (b. 1833)
 * September 16 – Hishida Shunsō, painter (b. 1874)
 * November 11 – Otojirō Kawakami, actor and comedian (b. 1864)
 * November 25 – Komura Jutarō, politician (b. 1855)