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xx • CHRONOLOGY
1880 The first Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Japan
is established in Tokyo. Two years later, the second YMCA is established
in Osaka.
1881 Okuma Shigenobu, an early promoter of relations with Western
countries and popular member of the Meiji Government, is forced to
resign.
1882 United States Congress approves the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Sutematsu Yamakawa (Oyama) graduates from Vassar College in New
York.
1883 Rokumeikan (Deer Cry Pavilion), an elaborate social hall, is built
by the Meiji government for entertaining Western diplomats.
1884 Ernest Fenollosa begins promoting Japanese art in the United
States. Japan, Hawaii, and United States agree to an immigration system
allowing Japanese to work in Hawaii.
1885 The cabinet system of government begins in Japan. Hirobumi
Ito (prime minister), Kaoru Inoue (foreign minister), Arinori Mori (education
minister), and several other cabinet ministers previously studied
or traveled in the United States.
1888 Mutsu Munemitsu is appointed as Japan’s ambassador in Washington,
D.C.
1889 Lafcadio Hearn arrives in Japan. 11 February: The Meiji Constitution
is promulgated. Education Minister Arinori Mori is assassinated
earlier on the same day.
1890 Imperial Rescript on Education issued by Japanese government.
1892 Umeko Tsuda graduates from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
1893 American businessmen and United States military forces involved
in overthrow of Hawaiian monarchy. Alice Mabel Bacon publishes
A Japanese Interior.
1894 August–1895 March: First Sino–Japanese War.
1895 17 April: Treaty of Shimonoseki ending Sino–Japanese War.
1895 23 April: Triple Intervention of Russia, Germany, and France
forces Japan to return Liaotung Peninsula to China.