Events from the year 1917 in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It corresponds to Taishō 6 (大正6年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

* Emperor: Taishō * Prime Minister: Terauchi Masatake

Governors

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

: Matsui Shigeru *Akita Prefecture: Genzaburo Kojima (until 29 January); Hijoki Kawaguchi (starting 29 January) *Aomori Prefecture: Matsujiro Obama (until 17 January); Takeji Kawamura (starting 17 January) *Ehime Prefecture: Sakata Kanta (until 29 January); Raizo Wakabayashi (starting 29 January) *Fukui Prefecture: Sato Kozaburo (until 29 January); Kawashima Miki (starting 29 January) *Fukushima Prefecture: Takukichi Kawasaki *Gifu Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro (until 17 January); Kanokogi Kogoro (starting 17 January) *Gunma Prefecture: Miyake Gennosuke (until 26 September); Tomojiro Nakagawa (starting 26 September) *

Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

: Eitaro Mabuchi *Hyogo Prefecture: Seino Chotarno * Ibaraki Prefecture:

Keisuke Sakanaka Keisuke (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese general *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese footballer * ...

(until 17 January); Yuichiro Chikaraishi (starting 17 January) *Iwate Prefecture: Rinpei Otsu *Kagawa Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi (until 29 January); Sakata Kanta (starting 29 January) *Kochi Prefecture: Takeo Kakinuma * Kumamoto Prefecture: Ōta Masahiro * Kyoto Prefecture: Jūshirō Kiuchi *Mie Prefecture:

Miki Nagano Miki may refer to: Places *Miki, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan *Miki, Kagawa, a town in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan *Miki, Azerbaijan, a village in Astara Rayon, Azerbaijan People *Miki (given name) *Miki (surname) *Miki Núñez (born ...

Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...

Tsunenosuke Hamada was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from September 1925 to September 1926. He was governor of Toyama Prefecture (1910-1915), Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of ...

*Miyazaki Prefecture:

Shutaro Horiuchi is a Japanese film and stage director. Biography Shutaro Oku was born in 1975 in Tokyo, Japan. From 2000 to 2009, Oku directed many theatrical films, notably ''The Labor Cop'', ''Japanese Naked Tribe'', ''Aka-sen'', ''Cain's Descendant'', and ...

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

Tenta Akaboshi was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Kumamoto Prefecture (1913–1914), Yamaguchi Prefecture (1914–1915), Nagano Prefecture (1915–1921) and Nagasaki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasa ...

* Niigata Prefecture: Tsuizui Katagawa (until 17 December); Watanabe Katsusaburo (starting 17 December) *

Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city o ...

: Kuniyoshi Suzuki *

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi (until month unknown) * Saga Prefecture: ** until 17 January: Ishibashi Kazu ** 17 January-17 December:

Okada Okada (written: 岡田 literally "hill rice-paddy") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include: * , Japanese painter * Doris Okada Matsui, American politician of the Democratic Party * , Japanese painter in the Edo period * , Japa ...

** starting 17 December: Muneyoshi Oshiba *

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

: Tadahiko Okada *Shiname Prefecture: Ichiro Oriharami (until 29 January); Yasukichi Nishimura (starting 29 January) *Tochigi Prefecture:

Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka Hiroyoshi (written: 広吉, 広好, 広義, 啓義, 裕義 or 博義) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * (1897–1938), Japanese prince and Imperial Japanese Navy officer * (born 1971), Japanese footballer ...

* Tokyo: Yuichi Ionue *Toyama Prefecture: Ki Masesaku (until 29 January); Takashi Inoue (starting 29 January) *Yamagata Prefecture:

Soeda Keiichiro Soeda ( ja, 添田) may refer to: People * Go Soeda (born 1984), Japanese tennis player * Takashi Soedaborn 1993), Japanese football player Places * Soeda, Fukuoka is a town located in Tagawa District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, t ...

(until 17 December); Ichiro Yoda (starting 17 December)

Events

* Japan during World War I *April 20 –

1917 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 20 April 1917.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281 The Rikken Seiyūkai party led by Hara Takashi emerged as the largest party in the Hou ...

*May 8–12 –

1917 Far Eastern Games The 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games was the third edition of the regional multi-sport event, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 8–12 May 1917 in Tokyo, Empire of Japan. A total of eight sports were contested ...

held in Tokyo. *October 1 – According to

Japanese government The Government of Japan consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and is based on popular sovereignty. The Government runs under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947. It is a unitary state, c ...

official document figure, a large-scale typhoon and

tidal wave Tidal wave may refer to: Seas and oceans * A tidal bore, which is a large movement of water formed by the funnelling of the incoming tide into a river or narrow bay * A storm surge, or tidal surge, which can cause waves that breach flood defence ...

hit around Tokyo Bay area, 1,362 persons were human fatalities. :ja:大正６年の高潮被害 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on November 2022. *November 2 –

Lansing–Ishii Agreement The was a diplomatic note signed in Washington between the United States and the Empire of Japan on 2 November 1917 over their disputes with regards to China. Both parties agreed to respect the independence and territorial integrity of China and ...

Births

*January 1 – Shuntaro Hida, physician (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) *February 5 – Isuzu Yamada, actress (d.

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) *March 5 –

Mutsuo Toi The was a revenge spree killing that occurred on 21 May 1938 in the rural village of Kamo close to Tsuyama in Okayama, Empire of Japan. , a 21-year-old man, killed 30 people, including his grandmother, with a Browning shotgun, katana, and ax ...

, spree killer (d.

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

) *May 6 – Prince Morihiro Higashikuni, husband of Princess Teru (d.

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

) *May 10 – Shigeo Sugiura, freestyle swimmer (d.

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

) *August 15 – Yukio Tsuda, football player (d.

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

) *August 25 – Tosio Kato, mathematician (d.

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

) *September 7 – Tetsuo Hamuro, breaststroke swimmer (d.

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

) *September 11 – Yukiko Todoroki, actress (d.

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

) *October 19 –

Kusuo Kitamura was a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Kitamura was born in Kōchi, Japan. Selected as one of the youngest members of the Japanese swimming team in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, he won the ...

, Olympic swimmer (d.

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

) *November 25 – Noboru Terada, free style swimmer (d.

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

)

Deaths

*July 19 –

Kyōsuke Eto Kyōsuke, Kyosuke or Kyousuke is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kyousuke Hamao (born 1991), Japanese actor, singer and model *Kyosuke Himuro (born 1960), Japanese singer * Kyosuke Horie (born 1990), Japanese ...

, army officer (b. 1881) *August 19 – Kikuchi Dairoku, mathematician and educator, (b. 1855) *August 21 –

Yoshito Okuda Yoshito Okuda (31 July 1870 - 21 August 1917) was the mayor of Tokyo The is the head of government of Tokyo. In 1943, upon the unification of Tokyo City and Tokyo Prefecture, the position of Governor was created. The current title was adopted ...

Mayor of Tokyo The is the head of government of Tokyo. In 1943, upon the unification of Tokyo City and Tokyo Prefecture, the position of Governor was created. The current title was adopted in 1947 due to the enactment of the Local Autonomy Law. Overview The ...

(b. 1860) *October 24 –

Katayama Tōkuma was a Japanese architect who designed the original buildings for the Imperial Nara Museum as well as the Kyoto Imperial Museum and was significant in introducing Western, particularly French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer ...

, architect (b. 1854) *December 23 – Aoyama Tanemichi, medical scientist and doctor (b. 1859)

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