1921 in Japan

← 1920 1919 1918 1921 in Japan → 1922 1923 1924
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See also:	Other events of 1921 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1921 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Taishō[1]
• Regent: Hirohito (from November 25)
• Prime Minister:
  • Hara Takashi (until November 4)
  • Takahashi Korekiyo (from November 13)

Events

• January 15 – Mitsubishi Electronics was separate section from Mitsubishi Shipbuildings (now Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) which was founded in Ōsone, Nagoya.
• January Unknown date – Komatsu Limited was founded, as predecessor name was Komatsu Ironworks.
• September – Sempill Mission sent by Britain to Japan, with the objective of helping the Imperial Japanese Navy develop its aeronaval forces.
• October 16 – Janome Sewing Machine founded.
• November 4 – Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated at Tokyo Station.
• November 12 – Washington Naval Conference opens at Memorial Continental Hall Hall in downtown Washington DC.
• November 25 – Crown Prince Hirohito is made regent in place of his ailing father.
• December 13 – In the Four-Power Treaty on Insular Possessions, Japan, the United States, United Kingdom, and France agree to recognize the status quo in the Pacific.
• Termination of Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
• Ladies' Agreement
• Unknown date – Otsuka Pharmaceutical (大塚製薬) founded in Naruto, Shikoku Island.

Births

• January 3 – Natsuko Kahara, actress (d. 1991)
• January 26 – Akio Morita, businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation (d. 1999)
• February 9 – Junzo Shono, writer (d. 2009)
• February 11 – Edward Seidensticker, scholar, historian, and translator (d. 2007)
• March 19 – Heitaro Nakajima, engineer (d. 2017)
• April 20 – Michiko Inukai, writer and philanthropist (d. 2017)
• December 20 – Kosuke Gomi, novelist (d. 1980)

Deaths

• January 13 – Ijuin Gorō, admiral (b. 1852)
• June 19 – Nabeshima Naohiro, politician and former daimyō (b. 1846)
• September 28 – Yasuda Zenjirō, entrepreneur, founder of the Yasuda zaibatsu (b. 1838)
• November 4 – Hara Takashi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
• November 5 – Yusuke Hashiba, archaeologist, historian and anthropologist (b. 1851)
• December 29 – Hayashi Yūzō, politician (b. 1842)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1920s

References

1. "Taishō | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.