Events in the year 1900 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 33 (明治33年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Emperor: Emperor Meiji
Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo: (until October 19) Itō Hirobumi: (starting October 19)
Governors
Aichi Prefecture: Mori Mamoru
Akita Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
Aomori Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi
Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro
Fukui Prefecture: Saburo Iwao then Munakata Tadashi
Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke
Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
Gunma Prefecture: Furusho Kamon then Nobuchika Ogura
Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori
Ibaraki Prefecture: Fumi Kashiwada then Chuzo Kono
Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo
Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshihara Saburo then Yoshitaro Arakawa then Naokata Suehiro
Kochi Prefecture: Tadashi Tanigawa then Kinyuu Watanabe
Kumamoto Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori
Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha
Miyagi Prefecture: Kiyoshi Shin then Chikaaki Takasaki then Nomura Masaaki then Motohiro Onoda Miyazaki Prefecture: Sukeo Kabawaya then Isamu Sonowaya Nagano Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi Niigata Prefecture: Minoru Katsumata Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi then Sada Suzuki Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara Osaka Prefecture: Tadashini Kikuchi Saga Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi Tochigi Prefecture: Hagino Samon then Korechika Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi Toyama Prefecture: Kaneoryo Gen Yamagata Prefecture: Baron Seki Yoshiomi
Events
May 10 – Prince Yoshihito, the future Emperor Taishō, marries Sadako Kujō. June 5 – Kyoto Hosei School, as predecessor of Ritsumeikan University has founded.
Births
January 1 – Chiune Sugihara, diplomat (d. 1986) January 16 – Kiku Amino, author and translator (d. 1978) February 11 – Jōsei Toda, educator and peace activist (d. 1958) February 27 – Keiji Nishitani, philosopher (d. 1990) March 15 – Kenji Tomiki, aikido and judo teacher (d. 1979) July 4 – Ukichiro Nakaya, physicist (d. 1962) July 5 – Yoshimaro Yamashina, ornithologist (d. 1989) July 23 – Prince Kaya Tsunenori (d. 1978) August 4 – Nabi Tajima, supercentenarian (d. 2018) August 23 – Tatsuji Miyoshi, poet, literary critic, and editor (d. 1964)
Deaths
February 26 – Shinagawa Yajirō, politician (b. 1843) August 23 – Kuroda Kiyotaka, second Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)