package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strconv"
)

var sc = bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
var out = bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)

func main() {
	buf := make([]byte, 1024*1024)
	sc.Buffer(buf, bufio.MaxScanTokenSize)
	sc.Split(bufio.ScanWords)

	a, n := nextInt(), nextInt()
	const m = 998244353
	ans := Pow(a, n, m)
	PrintInt(ans)
}

func nextInt() int {
	sc.Scan()
	i, _ := strconv.Atoi(sc.Text())
	return i
}

func PrintInt(x int) {
	defer out.Flush()
	fmt.Fprintln(out, x)
}

func Pow(x, y, p int) int {
	ret := 1
	for y > 0 {
		if y%2 == 1 {
			ret = ret * x % p
		}
		y >>= 1
		x = x * x % p
	}
	return ret
}