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*The [[Jiyuto|Jiyûtô]] ("Freedom Party") is dissolved.
*The [[Jiyuto|Jiyûtô]] ("Freedom Party") is dissolved.
*[[Koga Tatsuhiro|Koga Tatsuhirô]] settles in the [[Senkaku Islands]], and petitions [[Okinawa prefecture]] to have the islands officially declared Japanese territory on account of being previously uninhabited and unclaimed. His petition is not addressed for ten years.
*[[Koga Tatsuhiro|Koga Tatsuhirô]] settles in the [[Senkaku Islands]], and petitions [[Okinawa prefecture]] to have the islands officially declared Japanese territory on account of being previously uninhabited and unclaimed. His petition is not addressed for ten years.
*A number of Japanese fishermen are killed at Lae atoll in the Marshall Islands. A Japanese official mission led by [[Suzuki Keikun]] and [[Goto Taketaro|Gotô Taketarô]] travels there to exact a formal apology from the local chiefs, and claims the islands for Japan; the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] immediately disavows any claim to the islands.
* A law is passed introducing the concept of [[National Treasures]] (''Kokuhô''), under which objects of particular historical and cultural importance could be designated as prohibited to export, and protected in other ways. The first object to be designated a National Treasure was a 7th century statue of [[Miroku]] held at [[Koryu-ji|Kôryû-ji]] in Kyoto.
* A law is passed introducing the concept of [[National Treasures]] (''Kokuhô''), under which objects of particular historical and cultural importance could be designated as prohibited to export, and protected in other ways. The first object to be designated a National Treasure was a 7th century statue of [[Miroku]] held at [[Koryu-ji|Kôryû-ji]] in Kyoto.
* [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] is transferred to the Imperial Household's control and becomes a detached Imperial Palace.
* [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] is transferred to the Imperial Household's control and becomes a detached Imperial Palace.
