1919 in Japan
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Events in the year 1919 in Japan.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 March - March 1st Movement: one of the earliest public displays of Korean resistance during the occupation of the Korean Empire by Japan takes place when 33 activists convene at Taehwagwan Restaurant in Seoul and read the Korean Declaration of Independence drawn up by historian Choe Nam-seon.[1]
- date unknown - The Maeda Corporation is established.
Births
- 8 October - Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2007)[2]
- date unknown - Akeo Watanabe, orchestral conductor (died 1990)
Deaths
- 29 October - Soyen Shaku, Zen Buddhist master (born 1860)
- 3 November - Terauchi Masatake, politician (born 1852)[3]
References
- ^ Cumings, Bruce. Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History. New York: W.N. Norton and Company, 1997.
- ^ "Former Japan PM Kiichi Miyazawa dead". UPI. Tokyo. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Terauchi Masatake" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 964, p. 964, at Google Books.