# 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
* A surface avalanche hit to passenger train in Hokuriku Line (current Echigo Tokimeki Railway Line) in Niigata Prefecture on February 4.

## 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)