Events from the year 1922 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 11 (大正11年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents
Emperor: Taishō
Regent: Hirohito
Prime Minister:
Takahashi Korekiyo (until June 12)
Katō Tomosaburō (from June 12)

Governors
Aichi Prefecture: Hikoji Kawaguchi 
Akita Prefecture: Ryoshin Nao (until 16 October); Masao Kishimoto (starting 16 October)
Aomori Prefecture: Yujiro Ozaki 
Ehime Prefecture: Juunosuke Miyazaki 
Fukui Prefecture: Josuke Shiraogawa 
Fukushima Prefecture: 
 until 14 June: Miyata Mitsuo
 14 June-16 October: Toshio Mawatari
 starting 16 October: Iwata Mamoru 
Gifu Prefecture: Manpei Ueda 
Gunma Prefecture: Muneyoshi Oshiba (until 16 October); Yamaoka Kunitoshi (starting 16 October)
Hiroshima Prefecture: Ichiro Yoda (until 16 October); Kamehiko Abe (starting 16 October)
Ibaraki Prefecture: Genjiro Moriya 
Iwate Prefecture: Takeo Kakinuma (until 16 October); Ushidzuka Torataro (starting 16 October)
Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshibumi Satake (until 24 October); Shuji Sasaki (starting 24 October)
Kanagawa Prefecture: Yasukouchi Asakichi (starting month unknown)
Kochi Prefecture: Abe Yoshihiko (until 16 October); Toyoji Obata (starting 16 October)
Kumamoto Prefecture: Sansuke Nakayama (until 16 October); Tadahiko Okada (starting 16 October)
Kyoto Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi (until October); Tokikazu Ikematsu (starting October)
Mie Prefecture: Haruki Yamawaki (until 16 October); Saburo Shibata (starting 16 October)
Miyagi Prefecture: Yuichiro Chikaraishi 
Miyazaki Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama (until 16 October); Muneyoshi Oshiba (starting 16 October)
Nagano Prefecture: Toshio Honma
Niigata Prefecture: Ota Masahiro 
Okayama Prefecture: Masao Kishimoto
Okinawa Prefecture: Jyun Wada 
Saga Prefecture: Tominaga 
Saitama Prefecture: Horiuchi Hidetaro 
Shiname Prefecture: Sanehide Takarabe 
Tochigi Prefecture: Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka (until 16 October); Haruki Yamawaki (starting 16 October)
Tokyo: Katsuo Usami 
Toyama Prefecture: Shida Jisho (until 26 September); Kihachiro Ito (starting 26 September)
Yamagata Prefecture: Morimoto Izumi (until 16 October); Agata Shinobu (starting 16 October)
Yamanashi Prefecture: Miki Nagano (until month unknown)

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 (now Itoigawa), Niigata Prefecture. There were 90 fatalities and 40 people 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 (d. 2001)
February 20 – Hitoshi Motoshima, mayor of Nagasaki (d. 2014)
March 8 – Mizuki Shigeru, manga author and historian (d. 2015)
March 20 – Terada Kiyoyuki, aikido teacher (d. 2009)
April 25 – Ayako Miura, novelist (d. 1999)
May 15 – Jakucho Setouchi, Buddhist nun, writer and activist (d. 2021)
June 18 – Donald Keene, scholar, historian, and translator (d. 2019)
August 27 – Sōsuke Uno, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1998)
September 16 – Kenichi Yamamoto, mechanical engineer and business executive (d. 2017)
October 14 – Yumeji Tsukioka, film actress (d. 2017)

Deaths
January 10 – Ōkuma Shigenobu, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
February 1 – Yamagata Aritomo, field marshal and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
February 8 – Kabayama Sukenori, samurai, military leader and politician (b. 1837)
June 20 – Aeba Koson, author, theater critic, and calligraphy master (b. 1855)
June 27 – Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, marshal admiral (b. 1867)
July 8 – Mori Ōgai, novelist, poet, translator and army surgeon (b. 1862)
July 22 – Takamine Jōkichi, chemist (b. 1854)
September 18 – Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator (b. 1903)

See also
1922 in Japanese football
List of Japanese films of the 1920s

References

 
1920s in Japan
Years of the 20th century in Japan