Events in the year 1905 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 38 (明治38年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Births
- January 3 – Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (d. 1987)
- January 5 – Tamako Kataoka, artist (d. 2008)
- January 14 – Takeo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
- January 15 – Kamatari Fujiwara, actor (d. 1985)
- March 12 – Takashi Shimura, actor (d. 1982)
- April 1 – Asaichi Isobe, army officer (d. 1937)
- May 14 – Kunio Maekawa, architect (d. 1986)
- May 28 – Sada Abe, geisha and prostitute (d. 1970?)
- July 2 – Tatsuzō Ishikawa, writer (d. 1985)
- August 20 – Mikio Naruse, filmmaker (d. 1969)
- October 2 – Fumiko Enchi, writer (d. 1986)
- October 3 – Taiko Hirabayashi, writer (d. 1972)
- November 15 – Tamiki Hara, writer (d. 1951)
Deaths
References
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