Asia
- Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880–1901)
- China (Qing Dynasty)
- Emperor - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875–1908)
- De facto ruler - Empress Dowager Cixi (1898–1908)
- Emirate of Ha'il (House of Al Rashid) - Abdul-Aziz bin Mitab, Amirs of the House of Rashid (1897–1906)
- Japan
- Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867–1912)
- Prime Minister -
- Matsukata Masayoshi, Prime Minister of Japan (1896–1898)
- Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1898)
- Okuma Shigenobu, Prime Minister of Japan (1898)
- Yamagata Aritomo, Prime Minister of Japan (1898–1900)
- Korea (Korean Empire) - Gojong, Emperor of Korea (1864–1907, King before 1897)
- Oman - Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888–1913)
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Famous quotes containing the word asia:
“I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“I have no doubt that they lived pretty much the same sort of life in the Homeric age, for men have always thought more of eating than of fighting; then, as now, their minds ran chiefly on the “hot bread and sweet cakes;” and the fur and lumber trade is an old story to Asia and Europe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)