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List of events
Events from the year 1898 in
Japan. It corresponds to
Meiji 31 (明治31年) in the
Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
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
References