Events in the year 1918 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 7 (大正7年) in the Japanese calendar.
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- January 9 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, a worst powder snow avalanche hit into residential area in Mitsumata village, (present day of Yuzawa), Niigata Prefecture, 158 person were human fatalities.[citation needed]
- January 20 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, a secondary massibie powder snow avalanche hit in residence area in Asahi village, (present day of Tsuruoka), Yamagata Prefecture, total 154 persons were human fatalities.[citation needed]
- July – September – Rice riots: a series of popular disturbances erupt throughout Japan over the precipitous rise in the price of rice causing extreme economic hardship, particularly in rural areas where rice was the main staple of life.[2]
- September 29 – Hara Takashi becomes Prime Minister, the first commoner to be appointed to the office.[3]
- November 11 – World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiègne in France.
- November 22 – Nippon-United States (Nichibei) Sheet Grass, as predecessor of Nippon Sheet Grass was founded in Osaka.[citation needed]
- date unknown - Start of the French military mission to Japan (1918-1919)
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- January 31 – Michiyo Kogure, film actress (d. 1990)
- February 4 – Yuzo Kawashima, film director (d. 1963)
- February 13 – Junichi Sasai, aviator (d. 1942)
- April 1 – Utako Okamoto, medical doctor (d. 2016)
- May 4 – Kakuei Tanaka, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1993)[8]
- May 27 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2019)[9]
- July 2 – Fumiko Hori, painter (d. 2019)
- September 17 – Marii Hasegawa, peace activist (d. 2012)
- October 4 – Kenichi Fukui, chemist, Nobel laureate in chemistry (d. 1998)
- October 8 – Sanae Takasugi, actress (d. 1995)
- December 15 – Chihiro Iwasaki, artist and illustrator (d 1974)
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