← 1899 1898 1897 1900 in Japan → 1901 1902 1903
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1900 History of Japan Timeline Years

Events in the year1900 inJapan. It corresponds toMeiji 33 (明治33年) in theJapanese calendar.

• Emperor:Emperor Meiji^[1]
• Prime Minister:
  • Yamagata Aritomo: (until October 19)
  • Itō Hirobumi: (starting October 19)

• Aichi Prefecture:Mori Mamoru
• Akita Prefecture:Takeda Chiyosaburo
• Aomori Prefecture:Munakata Tadashi
• Ehime Prefecture:Tai Neijro
• Fukui Prefecture:Saburo Iwao thenMunakata Tadashi
• Fukushima Prefecture:Arita Yoshisuke
• Gifu Prefecture:Kawaji Toshikyo
• Gunma Prefecture:Furusho Kamon thenNobuchika Ogura
• Hiroshima Prefecture:Asada Tokunori
• Ibaraki Prefecture:Fumi Kashiwada thenChuzo Kono
• Iwate Prefecture:Ganri Hojo
• Kagawa Prefecture:Yoshihara Saburo thenYoshitaro Arakawa thenNaokata Suehiro
• Kochi Prefecture:Tadashi Tanigawa thenKinyuu Watanabe
• Kumamoto Prefecture:Tokuhisa Tsunenori
• Kyoto Prefecture:Baron Shoichi Omori
• Mie Prefecture:Kamon Furusha
• Miyagi Prefecture:Kiyoshi Shin thenChikaaki Takasaki thenNomura Masaaki thenMotohiro Onoda
• Miyazaki Prefecture:Sukeo Kabawaya thenIsamu Sonowaya
• Nagano Prefecture:Oshikawa Sokkichi
• Niigata Prefecture:Minoru Katsumata
• Oita Prefecture:Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi thenSada Suzuki
• Okinawa Prefecture:Shigeru Narahara
• Osaka Prefecture:Tadashini Kikuchi
• Saga Prefecture:Seki Kiyohide
• Saitama Prefecture:Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
• Shiname Prefecture:Matsunaga Takeyoshi
• Tochigi Prefecture:Hagino Samon thenKorechika
• Tokyo:Baron Sangay Takatomi
• Toyama Prefecture:Kaneoryo Gen
• Yamagata Prefecture:Baron Seki Yoshiomi

• May 10 – Prince Yoshihito, the futureEmperor Taishō, marriesSadako Kujō.
• June 5 – Kyoto Hosei School, as predecessor ofRitsumeikan University has founded.^{[page needed]}

• January 1 –Chiune Sugihara, diplomat (d.1986)
• January 2 –Mansaku Itami, film director (d.1946)
• January 13 –Shimizugawa Motokichi, sumo wrestler (d.1967)
• January 16 –Kiku Amino, author and translator (d.1978)
• February 11 –Jōsei Toda, educator and peace activist (d.1958)
• February 27 –Keiji Nishitani, philosopher (d.1990)
• March 15 –Kenji Tomiki, aikido and judo teacher (d.1979)
• June 1 –Noburō Ōfuji, film director and animator (d.1961)
• July 4 –Ukichiro Nakaya, physicist (d.1962)
• July 5 –Yoshimaro Yamashina, ornithologist (d.1989)
• July 16 –Mumon Yamada,Rinzai religious leader (d.1988)
• July 23 –Prince Kaya Tsunenori (d.1978)
• August 4 –Nabi Tajima, supercentenarian (d. 2018)
• August 23 –Tatsuji Miyoshi, poet, literary critic, and editor (d.1964)
• December 24 –Hawayo Takata, teacher and master practitioner ofReiki (d.1980)

• February 26 –Shinagawa Yajirō, politician (b. 1843)
• August 23 –Kuroda Kiyotaka, second Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)

• 1900 in Japan
• 1900s in Japan
• 1900 by country
• Years of the 19th century in Japan
• 1900 in Asia

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