#pragma GCC target("avx2")
#pragma GCC optimize("O3")
#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <atcoder/all>
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
typedef long long ll;
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (int)(n); i++)
#define repr(i, n) for (int i = (int)(n)-1; i >= 0; i--)
#define repk(i, k, n) for (int i = k; i < (int)(n); i++)
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define mod1 1000000007
#define mod2 998244353
#define mod3 100000007
#define vi vector<int>
#define vs vector<string>
#define vc vector<char>
#define vl vector<ll>
#define vb vector<bool>
#define vvi vector<vector<int>>
#define vvc vector<vector<char>>
#define vvl vector<vector<ll>>
#define vvb vector<vector<bool>>
#define vvvi vector<vector<vector<int>>>
#define vvvl vector<vector<vector<ll>>>
#define pii pair<int, int>
#define pil pair<int, ll>
#define pli pair<ll, int>
#define pll pair<ll, ll>
#define vpii vector<pair<int, int>>
#define vpll vector<pair<ll, ll>>
#define vvpii vector<vector<pair<int, int>>>
#define vvpll vector<vector<pair<ll, ll>>>

template <typename T>
void debug(T e) {
    cerr << e << endl;
}

template <typename T>
void debug(vector<T> &v) {
    rep(i, v.size()) { cerr << v[i] << " "; }
    cerr << endl;
}

template <typename T>
void debug(vector<vector<T>> &v) {
    rep(i, v.size()) {
        rep(j, v[i].size()) { cerr << v[i][j] << " "; }
        cerr << endl;
    }
}

template <typename T>
void debug(vector<pair<T, T>> &v) {
    rep(i, v.size()) { cerr << v[i].first << " " << v[i].second << endl; }
}

template <typename T>
void debug(set<T> &st) {
    for (auto itr = st.begin(); itr != st.end(); itr++) {
        cerr << *itr << " ";
    }
    cerr << endl;
}

template <typename T>
void debug(multiset<T> &ms) {
    for (auto itr = ms.begin(); itr != ms.end(); itr++) {
        cerr << *itr << " ";
    }
    cerr << endl;
}

template <typename T>
void debug(map<T, T> &mp) {
    for (auto itr = mp.begin(); itr != mp.end(); itr++) {
        cerr << itr->first << " " << itr->second << endl;
    }
}

void debug_out() { cerr << endl; }

template <typename Head, typename... Tail>
void debug_out(Head H, Tail... T) {
    cerr << H << " ";
    debug_out(T...);
}

ll my_pow(ll x, ll n, ll mod) {
    // 　繰り返し二乗法．x^nをmodで割った余り．
    ll ret;
    if (n == 0) {
        ret = 1;
    } else if (n % 2 == 1) {
        ret = (x * my_pow((x * x) % mod, n / 2, mod)) % mod;
    } else {
        ret = my_pow((x * x) % mod, n / 2, mod);
    }
    return ret;
}

ll inv(ll x, ll mod) { return my_pow(x, mod - 2, mod); }

int main() {
    ll N, M;
    cin >> N >> M;
    if (N == 1) {
        cout << M << endl;
        return 0;
    }
    ll ans = 0;
    for (ll i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
        ll form = i;
        ll latt = N + 1 - i;
        if (max(form, latt) > M) {
            continue;
        }
        ll min_val = min(form, latt);
        ll max_val = max(form, latt);
        ll anssub = my_pow(min_val, max_val - min_val, mod2);

        ll hi = (min_val * max_val) % mod2;
        ll prod = my_pow(hi, M - max_val + 1, mod2);
        prod = (prod + mod2 - 1) % mod2;
        prod = (prod * inv((hi + mod2 - 1) % mod2, mod2)) % mod2;
        ans = (ans + anssub * prod) % mod2;
        // debug_out(i, max_val, hi, prod);
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
}