1837		Morse Invents the Telegraph
	1854		Perry Presents Telegraph Devices.
	1869		Start of Telegram Service between Tokyo and Yokohama (Founding of Telegraph in Japan)
	1871		Morse Print Telegraph Equipment Imported from England and Put to Use
			Exchanging Telegrams with Foreign Countries Starts (between Nagasaki and Shanghai, Nagasaki and Vladivostok)
	1872		First Submarine Cable (Kanmon Straits)
	1873		Telegraph Lines on Land between Tokyo and Nagasaki Opened
	1876		Graham Bell Invents the Telephone
	1878		First Telephone of Domestic Production
			Telegraph Lines Set Up Almost Throughout the Country. Central Telegraph Office (Kobiki-cho) Opened
	1890		Telephone Service Between Tokyo and Yokohama Started (Founding of Telephone in Japan)
			Gower-Bell Telephone Used (First Telephone for Practical Use in Japan)
			Subscriber List Published (First Telephone Directory in Japan)
			Magnetic Single Switch (First Switch in Japan)
	1891		First serial duplex exchange trials
	1895		Marconi Invents Radiotelegraphy
			Morse Acoustic Telegraph Started
	1896		Delville Wall Telephone Replaces Gower-Bell Telephone
	1897		Delville Magnetic Ko-Type Desk Telephone
	1898		Magnetic Parallel Compound Switch Adopted
			Telephone Directory Arranged in Order of Japanese Syllabary (I-RO-HA order). Store Names, etc. Allowed.
	1899		Japan's first long distance telephone service (Tokyo - Osaka)
			Debut of Solid Back Magnetic Wall Telephone
	1900		Submarine Cables for Long Distance Calls Laid
			First Automatic Telephones (Public Telephone) Appeared at Shinbashi and Ueno Stations
			A box-type automatic telephone (public telephone) was installed at the foot of Kyobashi bridge
	1903		First Common-Battery Switch in Japan Adopted at Kyoto Office
			Debut of Common-Battery Public Telephone
			Debut of Gooseneck Common-Battery Wall Telephone
	1905		Long distance phone line opened between Tokyo and Sasebo (approx. 1,550km)
	1906		Start of direct telegraph communication with the US using a submarine cable
	1908		Wireless telegram service introduced (between the Choshi radio station and a ship)
	1909		Debut of No.2 Common-Battery Wall Telephone
	1910		A distance-based sliding scale and night-time discount introduced for long distance call charges
	1911		At the close of the Meiji Era, Red Hexagonal Phone Booths Appear
	1912		No.1 Large Common-Battery Long Distance Switch Adopted
			World's first practical wireless telephone invented
	1920		Charging based on number of calls introduced for local calls
	1923		The Great Kanto Earthquake Destroys Telephone Facilities in the Kanto Region
	1923		Telegraph printer appears
	1925		Telephone Books Use Horizontal Script
			Radio broadcasts begin
			The "automatic telephone" renamed the "public telephone"
	1926		Japan's First Automated Switching Equipment (Introduction of Type A Switchboards)
			Japan's First Automated Switching Equipment (Introduction of Type H Switchboards)
			Special services such as directory inquiries (100) and fire (112) introduced
			Aomori - Hakodate line opened and long distance services between Honshu and Hokkaido introduced

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