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