 In 1898, the first automobile was introduced in Japan, a French Panhard-Levassor.Despite the French defeat during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), France was still considered as an example in the military field as well, and was used as a model for the development of the Imperial Japanese Army.As soon as 1872, a second French military mission to Japan (1872–80) was invited, with the objective of organizing the army and establishing a military educational system.