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Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan.
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Itō Hirobumi
Prime Minister of Japan (1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901)
Prince Itō Hirobumi , born Hayashi Risuke , was a Japanese statesman who served as the first prime minister of Japan from 1885 to 1888, and later from 1892 to 1896, in 1898, and from 1900 to 1901. He was a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior statesmen that dictated…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Japanese warrior class
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