1904 in Japan
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Events in the year 1904 in Japan.
Incumbents
Events
- February 8–9 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise Japanese naval attack on Port Arthur (Lüshun) in Manchuria starts the Russo-Japanese War.
- February 9 – Battle of Chemulpo Bay
- February 23 – Japan–Korea Treaty of 1904
- April 30–May 1 – Battle of Yalu River (1904)
- May 25–26 – Battle of Nanshan
- June 14–15 – Battle of Te-li-Ssu
- July 10 – Battle of Motien Pass
- July 24–25 – Battle of Tashihchiao
- July 31 – Battle of Hsimucheng
- August 10 – Battle of the Yellow Sea
- August 14 – Battle off Ulsan
- August 20 – Battle of Korsakov
- August 22 – Japan–Korea Agreement of August 1904
- August 24–September 4 – Battle of Liaoyang
- October 5–17 – Battle of Shaho
- Unknown date – Hirano Rubber Manufacturing, as predecessor of Toyo Tire was founded.
Births
- February 9 – Kikuko Kawakami, author (d. 1985)
- May 27 – Chūhei Nambu, track and field athlete (d. 1997)
- June 1 – Ineko Sata, communist and feminist author of proletarian literature (d. 1998)
- July 18 – Fuji Yahiro, screen writer (d. 1986)
- July 25 – Katsuji Matsumoto, illustrator (d. 1986)
- August 7 – Taro Takemi, physician and 11th President of the Japan Medical Association (d. 1983)
- August 16 – Minoru Genda, military aviator and politician (d. 1989)
- September 1 – Aya Kōda, essayist and novelist. (d. 1990)[2]
- October 11 – Ken'ichi Enomoto, comedian and singer (d. 1970)
- November 18 – Masao Koga, composer (d. 1978)
- November 22 – Fumio Niwa, novelist (d. 2005)
- December 28 – Tatsuo Hori, writer, poet and translator (d. 1953)
Deaths
- January 1 – Konoe Atsumaro, politician and journalist (b. 1863)
- January 9 – Ii Naonori, former daimyō, son of Ii Naosuke (b. 1848)
- February 6 – Utagawa Yoshiiku, artist (b. 1833)
- March 27 – Takeo Hirose, navy career officer (b. 1868)
- August 12 – Kawamura Sumiyoshi, admiral (b. 1836)
- August 31 – Tachibana Shūta, soldier (b. 1865)
- September 26 – Koizumi Yakumo, writer (b. 1850)
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References
- "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- Sherif, Ann (1999). Mirror: The Fiction and Essays of Kōda Aya. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 9780824821814.
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