1920 in Japan

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1920
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Japan

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Events in the year 1920 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 9 (大正9年) in the Japanese calendar.

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Events

  • January 10 – Japan is a founding member of the League of Nations.
  • January 30 – Mazda founded, as predecessor name was Toyo Cork Industry.[citation needed]
  • February Unknown date – Kawanishi Engineering Works, as predecessor of ShinMaywa, is founded in Hyogo-ku, Kobe.
  • February 1 – Japanese sugar plantation workers in Hawaii officially join a strike led by Filipinos and Hispanic workers.
  • February 24 – Nikolayevsk Incident: Realizing that he is outnumbered and far from reinforcement, the commander of the Japanese garrison allowed Yakov Triapitsyn's troops to enter the town of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur under a flag of truce.
  • May 10 – In the general election, the Rikken Seiyūkai, led by Prime Minister Hara Takashi, increases on its majority of seats in the lower house of the Diet.
  • June - About 450 Japanese civilians and 350 Japanese soldiers, along with Russian White Army supporters, are massacred by partisan forces associated with the Red Army at Nikolayevsk on the Amur River.
  • June Unknown date – Shikishima Bakery was founded in Nagoya, as predecessor of Pasco Shikishima.[citation needed]
  • September 1 – Rinnai was founded in Nagoya.[citation needed]
  • September 17 – The Victory Medal, a commemorative military medal of Japan awarded to mark service during the First World War, is established by Imperial Edict.
  • October 21 – The Battle of Qingshanli begins between the Imperial Japanese Army and Korean armed groups in a densely wooded region of eastern Manchuria called Qīngshānlǐ.
  • December 16 – Bank of Yokohama was founded, as predecessor name was Yokohama Kōshō Bank (横浜興商銀行) in Kanagawa Prefecture.[citation needed]
  • date unknown
    • The literary magazine Teikoku Bungaku is published for the last time.
    • The Guards Cavalry Regiment, Guards Field Artillery Regiment, Guards Engineer Battalion, Guards Transport Battalion, plus other Guards service units are added to the Japanese Imperial Guard.

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