#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define ll long long
#define rep(i,n) for(int (i)=0;(i)<(n);(i)++)
#define Pr pair<ll,ll>
#define Tp tuple<ll,ll,ll>
using Graph = vector<vector<int>>;

ll mod = 998244353;


//累乗 aのb乗、正しmを法として求める
long long pw(long long a,long long b,long long m){
    if(b==0) return 1;
    else if(b%2==0){
        long long x = pw(a,b/2,m);
        return (x*x)%m;
    }
    else{
        long long x = pw(a,b-1,m);
        return (a*x)%m;
    }
}



//mod逆元
long long modinv(long long a, long long m) {
    long long b = m, u = 1, v = 0;
    while (b) {
        long long t = a / b;
        a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
        u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
    }
    u %= m;
    if (u < 0) u += m;
    return u;
}



int main() {
    ll N,M; cin >> N >> M;
    ll cnt = pw(M,N,mod)*(M-1)%mod;
    rep(i,M-1){
        ll k = i+1;
        cnt += 2*mod - 2*pw(k,N,mod);
        cnt %= mod;
    }
    ll ans = (cnt * (N%mod)) %mod * (1+M) %mod * modinv(2LL,mod) % mod;
    cout <<ans << endl;
}