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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1998, Feb. 7–22 | |
| Nagano hosted the Winter Olympics. | 1 |
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When the Asian economic crisis invaded Japan, the LDP saw a drastic popular decline in Japanese elections for the upper house. Prime Minister Hashimoto Ry tar resigned and was replaced on July 24 by Obuchi Keizo, also of the LDP. The recession facing Japan in 1998 was the worst to strike the nation since World War II. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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