| Country: | Empire of Japan |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Election Date: | March 1898 |
| Previous Election: | September 1894 Japanese general election |
| Previous Year: | September 1894 |
| Next Election: | August 1898 Japanese general election |
| Next Year: | August 1898 |
| Seats For Election: | All 300 seats in the House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 151 |
| Image1: | Itagaki Taisuke.jpg |
| Leader1: | Itagaki Taisuke |
| Party1: | Liberal Party (Japan, 1890) |
| Last Election1: | 107 |
| Seats1: | 105 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Party2: | Shimpotō |
| Color2: | CD5C5C |
| Last Election2: | 49 |
| Seats2: | 103 |
| Seat Change2: | 54 |
| Image3: | Yajiro Shinagawa.jpg |
| Party3: | Kokumin Kyōkai |
| Color3: | 9B95C9 |
| Last Election3: | 32 |
| Seats3: | 29 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| Before Election: | Itō Hirobumi |
| Before Party: | Independent politician |
| After Election: | Itō Hirobumi |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
General elections were held in Japan in March 1898.
A total of 605 candidates contested the elections; the Liberal Party nominated the most with 233, Shimpotō had 174, Kokumin Kyōkai 52 and Yamashita Club 26. The remaining 118 candidates were independents.