*''[[The Awakening of Japan]]'', by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]], is published.
*''[[The Awakening of Japan]]'', by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]], is published.
*Two hundred and twenty three Okinawans leave for Mexico, the first Okinawan emigrants to journey to Latin America. 360 Okinawans leave to settle in the Philippines.
*Two hundred and twenty three Okinawans leave for Mexico, the first Okinawan emigrants to journey to Latin America. 360 Okinawans leave to settle in the Philippines.
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*Female shamans, or ''[[yuta]]'', are suppressed in Okinawa.