#include <string.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <bitset>
#include <cassert>
#include <cfloat>
#include <climits>
#include <cmath>
#include <complex>
#include <ctime>
#include <deque>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <queue>
#include <random>
#include <set>
#include <stack>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

using ll = long long;
using pii = pair<int,int>;
using pll = pair<ll,ll>;
template <typename T> using vc = vector<T>;
template <typename T> using vvc = vector<vector<T>>;
template <typename T> using vvvc = vector<vector<vector<T>>>;
template<class T> using pq = priority_queue<T,vector<T>,greater<T>>;
template <class T, class S> inline bool chmax(T &a, const S &b) { return (a < b ? a = b, 1 : 0); }
template <class T, class S> inline bool chmin(T &a, const S &b) { return (a > b ? a = b, 1 : 0); }

int dx4[] = {1,0,-1,0};
int dy4[] = {0,1,0,-1};

#define overload5(a, b, c, d, e, name, ...) name
#define overload4(a, b, c, d, name, ...) name
#define REP0(n) for(ll jidlsjf = 0; jidlsjf < n; ++jidlsjf)
#define REP1(i, n) for(ll i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define REP2(i, a, b) for(ll i = (a); i < (b); ++i)
#define REP3(i, a, b, c) for(ll i = (a); i < (b); i += (c))
#define rep(...) overload4(__VA_ARGS__, REP3, REP2, REP1, REP0)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define per0(n) for(int jidlsjf = 0; jidlsjf < (n); ++jidlsjf)
#define per1(i, n) for(ll i = (n)-1; i >= 0; --i)
#define per2(i, a, b) for(ll i = (a)-1; i >= b; --i)
#define per3(i, a, b, c) for(ll i = (a)-1; i >= (b); i -= (c))
#define per(...) overload4(__VA_ARGS__, per3, per2, per1, per0)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define setbits(j, n) for(ll iiiii = (n), j = lowbit(iiiii); iiiii; iiiii ^= 1 << j, j = lowbit(iiiii))
#define perm(v) for(bool permrepflag = true; (permrepflag ? exchange(permrepflag, false) : next_permutation(all(v)));)
#define fi first
#define se second
#define pb push_back
#define ppb pop_back
#define ppf pop_front
#define drop(s) cout << #s << endl, exit(0)
#define si(c) (int)(c).size()
#define lb(c, x) distance((c).begin(), lower_bound(all(c), (x)))
#define lbg(c, x) distance((c).begin(), lower_bound(all(c), (x), greater{}))
#define ub(c, x) distance((c).begin(), upper_bound(all(c), (x)))
#define ubg(c, x) distance((c).begin(), upper_bound(all(c), (x), greater{}))
#define rng(v, l, r) v.begin() + (l), v.begin() + (r)
#define all(c) c.begin(), c.end()
#define rall(c) c.rbegin(), c.rend()
#define SORT(v) sort(all(v))
#define REV(v) reverse(all(v))
#define UNIQUE(x) SORT(x), x.erase(unique(all(x)), x.end())
#define MIN(v) *min_element(all(v))
#define MAX(v) *max_element(all(v))
#define overload2(_1, _2, name, ...) name
#define vec(type, name, ...) vector<type> name(__VA_ARGS__)
#define vv(type, name, h, ...) vector<vector<type>> name(h, vector<type>(__VA_ARGS__))
#define vvv(type, name, h, w, ...) vector<vector<vector<type>>> name(h, vector<vector<type>>(w, vector<type>(__VA_ARGS__)))

constexpr int mod = 998244353;

void mpl(int &x,int y) {
    x += y;
    if(x >= mod) x -= mod;
}

long long fac[2000005], finv[2000005], inv[2000005];

void COMinit() {
    fac[0] = fac[1] = finv[0] = finv[1] = inv[1] = 1;
    for (int i = 2; i < 2000005; i++) {
        fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % mod;
        inv[i] = mod - inv[mod % i] * (mod / i) % mod;
        finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % mod;
    }
}

long long COM(int n, int k){
    if (n < k) return 0;
    if (n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    return fac[n] * (finv[k] * finv[n - k] % mod) % mod;
}

long long choose(int n,int k) {
    if(n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    if(n == 0) return 1;
    return COM(n+k-1,k-1);
}

long long modpow(long long a,long long b) {
    long long ans = 1;
    while(b) {
        if(b & 1) {
            (ans *= a) %= mod;
        }
        (a *= a) %= mod;
        b /= 2;
    }
    return ans;
}

int main() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    COMinit();
    int n,m;
    cin >> n >> m;
    int ans = modpow(m,n);
    rep(i,1,m) {
        mpl(ans,2ll*(modpow(m,n)+mod-modpow(i,n))%mod);
    }
    cout << ans << "\n";
}