Events from the year 1898 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 31 (明治31年) in the Japanese calendar.
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
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. 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)
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