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List of events
Events in the year 1909 in
Japan. It corresponds to
Meiji 42 (明治42年) in the
Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
- April 29 –
Fusako, Princess Kane, seventh daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries
Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa.
- May 6 –
Nobuko, Princess Fumi, eighth daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
- September 4 –
Japan and
China sign the
Jiandao/Gando Treaty, which gives Japan a way to receive railroad concessions in
Manchuria.
- September 8 – A
bottle glass,
sheet glass and
display product and sales brand,
AGC was founded in
Amagasaki,
Hyogo Prefecture, as predecessor name was Asahi Glass.[
citation needed]
- October Unknown date –
Motorbike and
compact car brand
Suzuki founded, as predecessor name is Suzuki Weaving Machine Manufacturing.[
page needed]
- October 26 –
Itō Hirobumi, four time
Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and
Resident-General of Korea, is assassinated by
An Jung-geun at the
Harbin Railway Station in
Manchuria.
Births
- January 6 –
Haruko Sugimura, film actress (d. 1997)
- January 20 –
Gōgen Yamaguchi, martial artist (d. 1989)
- March 4 –
Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda (d. 1992)
- March 6 –
Shōhei Ōoka, writer (d. 1988)
- March 9 –
Shizue Natsukawa, actress (d. 1999)
- March 27 –
Eitaro Ozawa, actor (d.
1988)
- March 29 –
Kiyoteru Hanada, literary critic and essayist (d.
1974)
- April 14 –
Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter (d.
1991)
- May 5 –
Atsushi Nakajima, author (d.
1942)
- June 19
- August 11 –
Yuji Koseki, composer (d.
1989)
- September 9 –
Setsuko Matsudaira, wife of
Prince Chichibu (d.
1995)
- November 7
- November 16 –
Michio Mado, poet (d.
2014)
- November 29 –
Kinuyo Tanaka, film actress (d. 1977)
- December 21 –
Seichō Matsumoto, writer (d.
1992)
Deaths
References