1898 in Japan
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Events from the year 1898 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Emperor Meiji
- Prime Minister:
- Matsukata Masayoshi: until January 12:
- Itō Hirobumi: January 12 – June 30
- Ōkuma Shigenobu: June 30 – November 8
- Yamagata Aritomo: starting November 8
Events
- January 12 – Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister.
- March 15 – Japanese general election, March 1898
- August 10 – Japanese general election, September 1898
- The first automobile (a Panhard-Levassor) is introduced in Japan.
Births
- February 9 – Jūkichi Yagi, poet (b. 1927)
- February 15 – Masuji Ibuse, author (d. 1993)
- December 12 – Denji Kuroshima, author (d. 1943)
- December 27 – Inejiro Asanuma, politician, leader of the Japan Socialist Party (d. 1960)
Deaths
- November 12 – Nakahama Manjirō, translator and castaway (b. 1827)
References
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