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→Other Events of 1898
*[[Merriman Harris]] is awarded the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]], Fourth Class.
*[[Merriman Harris]] is awarded the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]], Fourth Class.
*[[Military conscription]] is implemented in [[Okinawa prefecture]].
*[[Military conscription]] is implemented in [[Okinawa prefecture]].
*Russia secures lease to [[Port Arthur]] on the [[Liaodong Peninsula]], providing it a warm-water port in the East.
*[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] becomes fleet admiral.
*[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] becomes fleet admiral.