1910 in Japan

Decades:	1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s;
See also:	Other events of 1910; History of Japan • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1910 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 43 (明治43年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Official guide to the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910

May 14 – The Japan–British Exhibition opens at White City, London, the largest international exposition the Empire of Japan had participated in up to that time.
May 20 – Kōtoku Incident: police searching the room of Miyashita Takichi, discover a socialist-anarchist plot to assassinate the Japanese Emperor Meiji, leading to mass arrests.^[2]
August 22 – Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910:^{[citation needed]} Japan formally annexes Korea. The treaty was proclaimed to the public (and became effective) on August 29, 1910, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
October 1 – The Nippon Columbia record label is founded by Nipponophone Co., Ltd.
November – A confectionery brand Fujiya founded in Yokohama.^{[page needed]}
December - The Japanese Antarctic Expedition leaves Tokyo, led by Nobu Shirase.^[3]

March 3 – Sasaki Takayuki, government minister and court official (b. 1830)
April 15 – Tsutomu Sakuma, career naval officer and pioneer submarine commander (b. 1879)
April 22 – Rokuzan Ogiwara, sculptor (b. 1879)
June 11 – Kataharu Matsudaira daimyō (b. 1869)
July 3
- Tokugawa Akitake, daimyō (b. 1853)
- Matasaburō Watanabe, politician (b. 1850)
August 2 – Inoue Masaru, Director of Railways in Japan (b. 1843)
August 26 – Ume Kenjirō, legal scholar (b. 1860)
September 13 – Sone Arasuke, politician and Japanese Resident-General of Korea (b. 1849)
October 24 – Yamada Bimyō, novelist (b. 1868)
November 5 – Nishio Tadaatsu, daimyō (b. 1850)

^ "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ Nish, Ian Hill; Cortazzi, Hugh (2002). Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits. Japan Society Publications. p. 338.
^ Shirase Antarctic Expedition Supporters' Association (2011). The Japanese South Polar expedition, 1910-12 : a record of Antarctica. Norwich: Bluntisham Books. ISBN 9781852971090.