1901 – 2000
The 20th Century in Japan
60 recorded entries between 1901 and 2000.
1900s 19
- 1901 Motojirō Kajii 梶井基次郎 · Writer
- 1901 Akira Shimada 島田叡 · Politician
- 1901 Akashi Kaijin 明石海人 · Writer
- 1901 Mushitarō Oguri 小栗虫太郎 · Writer
- 1902 Hirotada Kachō 華頂宮博忠王 · Politician
- 1902 Masako Ogawa 小川正子 · Writer
- 1902 On Watanabe 渡辺温 · Writer
- 1903 Misuzu Kaneko 金子みすゞ · Writer
- 1903 Fumiko Kaneko 金子文子 · Politician
- 1903 Tokihiko Okada 岡田時彦 · Actor
- 1903 Kōtarō Migishi 三岸好太郎 · Painter
- 1903 Shimaki Kensaku 島木健作 · Writer
- 1904 Nittai-ji Temple 覚王山日泰寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1907 Kinue Hitomi 人見絹枝 · Journalist
- 1907 Chūya Nakahara 中原中也 · Writer
- 1907 Aimitsu 靉光 · Painter
- 1909 Osamu Dazai 太宰治 · Writer
- 1909 Atsushi Nakajima 中島敦 · Writer
- 1909 Kōichi Kishi 貴志康一 · Musician
1910s 12
- 1911 Chika Sagawa 左川ちか · Writer
- 1911 Tomegorō Yoshizumi 吉住留五郎 · Journalist
- 1912 Taishō era 大正 · Japanese era name
- 1912 Verda Majo 長谷川テル · Writer
- 1912 Shunsuke Matsumoto 松本竣介 · Painter
- 1912 Hirohide Fushimi 伏見博英 · Politician
- 1913 Hidemitsu Tanaka 田中英光 · Writer
- 1913 Nankichi Niimi 新美南吉 · Writer
- 1913 Sakunosuke Oda 織田作之助 · Writer
- 1914 Michizō Tachihara 立原道造 · Writer
- 1914 Hōjō Tamio 北条民雄 · Writer
- 1915 Michiko Kuwano 桑野通子 · Actor
1920s 3
- 1925 1925 North Tajima earthquake 北但馬地震 · Earthquake
- 1926 Shōwa era 昭和 · Japanese era name
- 1927 1927 North Tango earthquake 北丹後地震 · Earthquake
1930s 2
- 1932 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts 日ソ国境紛争 · War
- 1938 Tsuyama massacre 津山事件 · Massacre
1940s 7
- 1942 Bangka Island massacre バンカ島事件 · Massacre
- 1943 1943 Tottori earthquake 鳥取地震 · Earthquake
- 1945 Battle of Okinawa 沖縄戦 · Battle
- 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima 硫黄島の戦い · Battle
- 1945 Japanese Instrument of Surrender 日本の降伏文書 · Peace treaty
- 1945 1945 Mikawa earthquake 三河地震 · Earthquake
- 1948 1948 Fukui earthquake 福井地震 · Natural disaster
1950s 3
- 1950 Korean War 朝鮮戦争 · War
- 1951 Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan 日本国とアメリカ合衆国との間の安全保障条約 · Treaty
- 1952 1973 Taiyo Department Store fire 大洋デパート火災 · Conflagration
1960s 1
- 1964 1964 Niigata earthquake 新潟地震 · Natural disaster
1980s 4
- 1983 1983 Sea of Japan earthquake 日本海中部地震 · Earthquake
- 1984 1984 Nagano earthquake 長野県西部地震 · Earthquake
- 1989 Heisei era 平成 · Japanese era name
- 1989 Bunkamura Bunkamura · Historic site
1990s 8
- 1990 Art Tower Mito 水戸芸術館 · Historic site
- 1991 Sendai Daikannon Temple 大観密寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1993 1993 Okushiri earthquake 北海道南西沖地震 · Earthquake
- 1993 1993 Kushiro-Oki earthquake 釧路沖地震 · Earthquake
- 1994 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake 三陸はるか沖地震 · Natural disaster
- 1994 1994 Kuril Islands earthquake 北海道東方沖地震 · Earthquake
- 1995 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 東京都現代美術館 · Historic site
- 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake 兵庫県南部地震 · Natural disaster
2000s 1
- 2000 2000 Tottori earthquake 鳥取県西部地震 · Natural disaster