1898 in Japan
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Events from the year 1898 in Japan.
The first automobile in Japan, a French Panhard-Levassor, in 1898
Incumbents
- Emperor: Emperor Meiji[1]
- 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 – March 1898 Japanese general election
- August 10 – September 1898 Japanese general election
- The first automobile (a Panhard-Levassor) is introduced in Japan.
Births
- February 4 – Shinsui Itō, Nihonga painter (d. 1972)
- February 9 – Jūkichi Yagi, poet (d. 1927)
- February 15 – Masuji Ibuse, author (d. 1993)
- March 17 – Riichi Yokomitsu, writer (d. 1947)
- April 29 – Iwao Yamawaki, photographer (d. 1987)
- October 5 – Kenzō Masaoka, anime creator (d. 1988)
- October 17 – Shinichi Suzuki, violinist, (d. 1998)
- October 31 – Yoshitoshi Mori, artist (d. 1992)
- 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
- "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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