1922 in Japan

Incumbents

• Emperor: Taishō
• Regent: Hirohito
• Prime Minister:
• *Takahashi Korekiyo
• *Katō Tomosaburō

  Events

• February 3 - According to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report, A surface avalanche hit a passenger train near by Katsuyama shelter in Utatonami, Niigata Prefecture, 90 persons were human fatalities, 40 persons were hurt.
• February 6 - Washington Naval Treaty signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy. Japan returns some of its control over the Shandong Peninsula to China.
• February 11 - Ezaki Glico was founded.
• May 1 - Kinjōtei Bakery, as predecessor of Fuji Bakery was founded in Nagoya.
• July - Shinano River incident
• August 8 - Shogakukan was founded.
• August 28 - Japan withdrew troops from the Siberian Intervention

  Births

• January 4 - Futaro Yamada, author
• February 20 - Hitoshi Motoshima, mayor of Nagasaki
• March 8 - Mizuki Shigeru, manga author and historian
• March 20 - Terada Kiyoyuki, aikido teacher
• April 25 - Ayako Miura, novelist
• May 15 - Jakucho Setouchi, Buddhist nun, writer and activist
• June 18 - Donald Keene, scholar, historian, and translator
• August 27 - Sōsuke Uno, Prime Minister of Japan
• September 16 - Kenichi Yamamoto, mechanical engineer and business executive
• October 14 - Yumeji Tsukioka, film actress

  Deaths

• January 10 - Ōkuma Shigenobu, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• February 1 - Yamagata Aritomo, field marshall and Prime Minister of Japan
• February 8 - Kabayama Sukenori, samurai, military leader and politician
• June 20 - Aeba Koson, author, theater critic, and calligraphy master
• June 27 - Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, marshal admiral
• July 8 - Mori Ōgai, novelist, poet, translator and army surgeon
• July 22 - Takamine Jōkichi, chemist
• September 18 - Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator