1901 in Japan

Decades:	1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s;
See also:	Other events of 1901; History of Japan • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1901 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 34 (明治34年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

February 5 – Japan fires up the furnace at its first modern ironworks.
April 20 – Japan Women's University is established.
June 2 – Katsura Tarō becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
September 7 – The Boxer Protocol is signed between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance. Japan is represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Jutarō.
Unknown date – Imabari Shipbuilding was founded, as predecessor name was Higaki Shipbuilding in Ehime Prefecture.^{[citation needed]}

February 15 – Minoru Inuzuka, film director and screenwriter (2007)
February 16 – Koji Shima, film director, actor, and screenwriter (1986)
February 17 – Motojirō Kajii, writer (d. 1932)
March 10 – Mushitaro Oguri, novelist (1946)
March 27 – Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)^[2]
April 19 – Kiyoshi Oka, mathematician (d. 1978)
April 29
- Hotsumi Ozaki, journalist and soviet spy (d. 1944)
- Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)^[3]
June 21 – Mitsuko Yoshikawa, FILM actress (d. 1991)
July 10 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer (d. 1970)
September 9 – Hideo Oguma, poet (d. 1940)
November 4 – Princess Masako Nashimoto, consort of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (d. 1989)
November 5 – Chōgorō Kaionji, writer (1976)
December 12 – Ihei Kimura, photographer (d. 1974)

↑ "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1974". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
↑ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.