The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Meiji Constitution">Meiji Constitution</a> goes into effect in Japan, and the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Japan" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Diet of Japan">Diet</a> convenes.<sup about="#mwt125" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-23"}}' id="cite_ref-23" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_29#cite_note-23" id="mw0g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 23;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw0w">[23]</span></a></sup>
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