1908 in Japan
Events in the year 1908 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 41 in the Japanese calendar.Incumbents
- Emperor: Emperor Meiji
- Prime Minister:
- *Saionji Kinmochi
- *Katsura Tarō
Events
- April 30 - Masako, Princess Tsune, sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries Prince Tsunehisa Takeda.
- May 15 - 1908 Japanese general election
- June 22 - Red Flag Incident
- November 30 - Root–Takahira Agreement
- Unknown date - Yasui Sewing Machine, as predecessor of Brother Industries founded in Nagoya.
Births
- February 27 - Kazuo Hasegawa, actor
- February 29 - Masahiro Makino, film director
- April 11 - Masaru Ibuka, electronics industrialist, co-founder of Sony
- July 9 - Takashi Asahina, conductor
- September 14 - Nobuo Nakamura, actor
- October 17 - Kenji Miyamoto, communist politician
- November 10 - Kenkichi Oshima, triple jumper
- November 11 - Sadako Sawamura, actress
- December 27 - Tadao Tannaka, triple jumper
Deaths
- January 13 - Hashimoto Gahō, painter
- March 25 - Iwasaki Yanosuke, businessman, and 4th Governor of the Bank of Japan
- May 2 - Prince Yamashina Kikumaro,
- June 23 - Doppo Kunikida, author and poet
- October 18 - Nozu Michitsura, field marshal
- October 26 - Enomoto Takeaki, politician, President of the Republic of Ezo
- November 25 - Inagaki Manjirō, diplomat
- December 17 - Inoue Hikaru general
