*1900/4/14 [[Paris World's Fair]], at which Japan exhibits, opens.
*1900/4/14 [[Paris World's Fair]], at which Japan exhibits, opens.
*1900/summer [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China.
*1900/summer [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China.
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*1900/6/14 The Organic Act passed by the US Congress goes into effect, banning contract labor throughout the US (and thus freeing [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese plantation workers in Hawaii]] from their contracts). Hawaii officially begins to be administered as a Territory of the United States.