1898 in Japan

none 1898 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 80px Other events of 1898 History of Japan Timeline Years Events from the year 1898 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 31 (明治31年) in the Japanese calendar. thumb|The first automobile in Japan, a French Panhard-Levassor, in 1898 Incumbents Emperor: Emperor MeijiMeiji emperor of Japan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meiji Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Matsukata Masayoshi: until January 12: Itō Hirobumi: January 12 – June 30 Ōkuma Shigenobu: June 30 – November 8 Yamagata Aritomo: starting November 8 Governors Aichi Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki then Baron Mori Mamoru Akita Prefecture: Saburo Iwao Aomori Prefecture: Ichiro Konoshu Ehime Prefecture: Park Shin Maki Naomasa then Goro Shinozaki then Oba Kan'ichi Fukui Prefecture: Shingo Seki Fukushima Prefecture: Kimumichi Nagusami Gifu Prefecture: Yoshinori Yumoto then Anraku Kanemichi Gunma Prefecture: Masataka Ishizata Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori then Baron Takatoshi Iwamura then Hattori Ichizo then Asada Tokunori Ibaraki Prefecture: Motohiro Onada then Prince Kiyoshi Honba Ishikawa Prefecture: Shiba Sankarasu Iwate Prefecture: Ichizo Hattori then Suehiro Naokata Kagawa Prefecture: Tsunenori Tokuhisa then Ryosuke Ono then Yoshihara Saburo Kochi Prefecture: Hiroshi Shikakui Kumamoto Prefecture: Kanetake Oura Kyoto Prefecture: Utsumi Tadakatsu Mie Prefecture: Terumi Tanabe then Yuji Rika Miyagi Prefecture: Viscount Kanetake Oura then Kiyoshi Shin Miyazaki Prefecture: Senda Sadakatsuki Nagano Prefecture: Gondo Ka'nichi Niigata Prefecture: Minoru Katsumata Oita Prefecture: Shigetoo Sugimoto then Nori Oshikawa Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara Osaka Prefecture: Nobumichi Yamada Saga Prefecture: Takeuchi then Yasuhiko Hirayama then Takeuchi then Seki Kiyohide Saitama Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi then Hanai Hagiwara Shiname Prefecture: Hikoji Nakamura then Chuzo Kono Tochigi Prefecture: Sento Kiyoshi then Hagino Samon Tokyo: Viscount Okabe Nagahon then Koizuka Furo then Baron Sangay Takatomi Toyama Prefecture: Tsurayuki Ishida then Hiroshi Abe then Kaneoryo Gen Yamagata Prefecture: Nori Oshikawa then Sone Shizuo Events January Unknown date – A construction brand, Kumagai Gumi was founded in Fukui City.December 2021 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 28 – Yuzo Saeki, painter (d. 1928) 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 11 – Tarō Shōji, popular song singer (d. 1972) 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 1898 in Category:1890s in Japan Category:1898 by country Category:Years of the 19th century in Japan Category:1898 in Asia