1908 in Japan

Decades:	1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s;
See also:	Other events of 1908; History of Japan • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1908 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 41 (明治41年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

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.^{[page needed]}

February 27 – Kazuo Hasegawa, actor (d. 1984)
February 29 – Masahiro Makino, film director (d. 1993)
April 11 – Masaru Ibuka, electronics industrialist, co-founder of Sony (d. 1997)
May 23 – Tomiko Itooka supercentenarian, Japan’s oldest living People (from December 12 2023) world's oldest living person (from August 19 2024)
July 8 – Kaii Higashiyama, painter (d. 2009)
July 9 – Takashi Asahina, conductor (d. 2001)
September 14 – Nobuo Nakamura, actor (d. 1991)
October 17 – Kenji Miyamoto, communist politician (d. 2007)
November 10 – Kenkichi Oshima, triple jumper (d. 1985)
November 11 – Sadako Sawamura, actress (d. 1996)
December 27 – Tadao Tannaka, triple jumper (d. 1986)

January 13 – Hashimoto Gahō, painter (b. 1835)
March 25 – Iwasaki Yanosuke, businessman, and 4th Governor of the Bank of Japan (b. 1851)
May 2 – Prince Yamashina Kikumaro, (b. 1873)
June 23 – Doppo Kunikida, author and poet (b. 1871)
October 18 – Nozu Michitsura, field marshal (b. 1840)
October 26 – Enomoto Takeaki, politician, President of the Republic of Ezo (b. 1836)
November 25 – Inagaki Manjirō, diplomat (b. 1861)
December 17 – Inoue Hikaru general (b. 1851)

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