1894 in Japan

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji
• Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi

  Events

• July 25 - Battle of Pungdo
• July 28–29 - Battle of Seonghwan
• September 15 - Battle of Pyongyang
• September 17 - Battle of the Yalu River
• October 24 - Battle of Jiuliancheng
• November 21 - Battle of Lushunkou; Japanese forces storm all China's landward defences by noon the following day.

  Births

• January 1 - Shitsu Nakano, super-centenarian
• April 15 - Kiichi Hasegawa, naval commander
• April 18 - Kitsuju Ayabe, military commander
• April 25 - Takeshi Mori, military commander
• October 21 - Edogawa Ranpo, author and critic
• November 27 - Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Matsushita Electric
• date unknown - Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Japan's whisky industry

  Deaths

• May 16 - Kitamura Tokoku, poet, essayist and writer
• July 6 - Takahashi Yuichi, yōga painter