1916 in Japan

← 1915 1914 1913 1916 in Japan → 1917 1918 1919
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1916 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1916 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Taishō
• Prime Minister:
  • Ōkuma Shigenobu
  • Terauchi Masatake

Events

• Japan during World War I
• January 22 – Japan launches its first domestically manufactured blimp. The blimp left Tokorozawa at 1:30 p.m. and, after landing and refueling at Toyohashi, landed in Osaka at 5:10 p.m. the next day.
• November 2 – Prince Hirohito is formally proclaimed Crown Prince and heir apparent.

Births

• February 14 – Masaki Kobayashi, film director (d. 1996)
• September 17 – Kuniko Miyake, film actress (d. 1992)
• October 15 – Yasuji Miyazaki, Olympic swimmer (d. 1989)

Deaths

• January 11 – Takashima Tomonosuke, general (b. 1844)
• February 9 – Katō Hiroyuki, academic and politician (b. 1836)
• August 8 – Kamimura Hikonojō, admiral (b. 1849)
• December 9 – Natsume Sōseki, novelist and poet (b. 1867)
• December 10 – Ōyama Iwao, field marshall (b. 1842)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1910s
• Asian and Pacific theater of World War I

References