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
• 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)