VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–1945 > H. East Asia, 1902–1945 > 5. Japan, 1914–1945 > 1922, Feb. 23
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1922, Feb. 23
 
Serious riots erupted over the issue of universal suffrage.  1
 
June 2
 
The Sino-Japanese agreement over Shandong was ratified, resulting in friendlier relations with China and the return of Jiaozhou (Dec. 10).  2
 
June 11
 
Kat Tomosabur succeeded Takahashi Korekiyo as prime minister.  3
 
July 6
 
Treaties from the Washington Conference (See 1921, Nov. 12–1922, Feb. 6) were ratified by Japan, and Japan's naval budget was reduced by 117 million yen.  4
 
Sept. 6–24
 
The Changchun Conference with the Soviet Union was a failure, and Japan continued to occupy northern Sakhalin.  5
 
Oct
 
The last of the Japanese troops left Siberia, over four years after the first ones had arrived, having failed to defeat the Bolshevik Revolution.  6
Frank Lloyd Wright (1869–1959) built Tokyo's Imperial Hotel.  7
 
 
 
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