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| ==Timeline of 1902== | | ==Timeline of 1902== |
| *1902/1 [[Hakkoda Mountains Incident|Hakkôda Mountains Incident]] - Two-hundred ten soldiers of the 5th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion are caught in a blizzard in the mountains near [[Aomori city]]. Only eleven survive. | | *1902/1 [[Hakkoda Mountains Incident|Hakkôda Mountains Incident]] - Two-hundred ten soldiers of the 5th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion are caught in a blizzard in the mountains near [[Aomori city]]. Only eleven survive. |
| + | *1902/1/30 The [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]] is entered into. It lasts until 1922. |
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| ==Other Events of 1902== | | ==Other Events of 1902== |
− | *The [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]] is entered into.
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| *"Mainland" system of democratic election of representatives to the [[National Diet]] is extended to [[Hokkaido]]. | | *"Mainland" system of democratic election of representatives to the [[National Diet]] is extended to [[Hokkaido]]. |
| *[[Meiji Art Society]] is reorganized as the Pacific Painting Society (''Taiheiyô Gakai''). | | *[[Meiji Art Society]] is reorganized as the Pacific Painting Society (''Taiheiyô Gakai''). |
| *Military conscription is instituted in the [[Miyako Islands|Miyako]] and [[Yaeyama Islands]]. | | *Military conscription is instituted in the [[Miyako Islands|Miyako]] and [[Yaeyama Islands]]. |
| *A motion picture, "The Spanish-American War," is shown in Okinawa for the first time. | | *A motion picture, "The Spanish-American War," is shown in Okinawa for the first time. |
− | *[[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô's]] ''[[The Awakening of the East]]'' is published. | + | *[[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô's]] ''[[The Ideals of the East]]'' is published. |
| *[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], the final shogun, is named ''[[kazoku|kôshaku]]''. | | *[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], the final shogun, is named ''[[kazoku|kôshaku]]''. |
| *Western mode of [[age calculation]]<!--満年齢; age counted in full years of life--> is officially adopted, though it won't actually come into regular use for another 50 years, roughly. | | *Western mode of [[age calculation]]<!--満年齢; age counted in full years of life--> is officially adopted, though it won't actually come into regular use for another 50 years, roughly. |