1922 in Japan

Events from the year 1922 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 11 (大正11年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Taishō
 * Regent: Hirohito
 * Prime Minister:
 * Takahashi Korekiyo (until June 12)
 * Katō Tomosaburō (from June 12)

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Hikoji Kawaguchi
 * Akita Prefecture: Ryoshin Nao (until 16 October); Masao Kishimoto (starting 16 October)
 * Aomori Prefecture: Yujiro Ozaki
 * Ehime Prefecture: Juunosuke Miyazaki
 * Fukui Prefecture: Josuke Shiraogawa
 * Fukushima Prefecture:
 * until 14 June: Miyata Mitsuo
 * 14 June-16 October: Toshio Mawatari
 * starting 16 October: Iwata Mamoru
 * Gifu Prefecture: Manpei Ueda
 * Gunma Prefecture: Muneyoshi Oshiba (until 16 October); Yamaoka Kunitoshi (starting 16 October)
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Ichiro Yoda (until 16 October); Kamehiko Abe (starting 16 October)
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Genjiro Moriya
 * Iwate Prefecture: Takeo Kakinuma (until 16 October); Ushidzuka Torataro (starting 16 October)
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshibumi Satake (until 24 October); Shuji Sasaki (starting 24 October)
 * Kanagawa Prefecture: Yasukouchi Asakichi (starting month unknown)
 * Kochi Prefecture: Abe Yoshihiko (until 16 October); Toyoji Obata (starting 16 October)
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Sansuke Nakayama (until 16 October); Tadahiko Okada (starting 16 October)
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi (until October); Tokikazu Ikematsu (starting October)
 * Mie Prefecture: Haruki Yamawaki (until 16 October); Saburo Shibata (starting 16 October)
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Yuichiro Chikaraishi
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama (until 16 October); Muneyoshi Oshiba (starting 16 October)
 * Nagano Prefecture: Toshio Honma
 * Niigata Prefecture: Ota Masahiro
 * Okayama Prefecture: Masao Kishimoto
 * Okinawa Prefecture: Jyun Wada
 * Saga Prefecture: Tominaga
 * Saitama Prefecture: Horiuchi Hidetaro
 * Shiname Prefecture: Sanehide Takarabe
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka (until 16 October); Haruki Yamawaki (starting 16 October)
 * Tokyo: Katsuo Usami
 * Toyama Prefecture: Shida Jisho (until 26 September); Kihachiro Ito (starting 26 September)
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Morimoto Izumi (until 16 October); Agata Shinobu (starting 16 October)
 * Yamanashi Prefecture: Miki Nagano (until month unknown)

Events

 * February 3 – According to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report, A surface avalanche hit a passenger train near by Katsuyama shelter in Utatonami (now Itoigawa), Niigata Prefecture. There were 90 fatalities and 40 people were hurt.
 * February 6 – Washington Naval Treaty signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy. Japan returns some of its control over the Shandong Peninsula to China.
 * February 11 – Ezaki Glico was founded.
 * May 1 – Kinjōtei Bakery, as predecessor of Fuji Bakery was founded in Nagoya.
 * July – Shinano River incident
 * August 8 – Shogakukan was founded.
 * August 28 – Japan withdrew troops from the Siberian Intervention

Births

 * January 4 – Futaro Yamada, author (d. 2001)
 * February 20 – Hitoshi Motoshima, mayor of Nagasaki (d. 2014)
 * March 8 – Mizuki Shigeru, manga author and historian (d. 2015)
 * March 20 – Terada Kiyoyuki, aikido teacher (d. 2009)
 * April 25 – Ayako Miura, novelist (d. 1999)
 * May 15 – Jakucho Setouchi, Buddhist nun, writer and activist (d. 2021)
 * June 18 – Donald Keene, scholar, historian, and translator (d. 2019)
 * August 27 – Sōsuke Uno, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1998)
 * September 16 – Kenichi Yamamoto, mechanical engineer and business executive (d. 2017)
 * October 14 – Yumeji Tsukioka, film actress (d. 2017)

Deaths

 * January 10 – Ōkuma Shigenobu, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
 * February 1 – Yamagata Aritomo, field marshal and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
 * February 8 – Kabayama Sukenori, samurai, military leader and politician (b. 1837)
 * June 20 – Aeba Koson, author, theater critic, and calligraphy master (b. 1855)
 * June 27 – Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, marshal admiral (b. 1867)
 * July 8 – Mori Ōgai, novelist, poet, translator and army surgeon (b. 1862)
 * July 22 – Takamine Jōkichi, chemist (b. 1854)
 * September 18 – Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator (b. 1903)