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1926

First Television Transmission in Japan

1926 | December 25 – To Kenjiro Takayanagi’s delight, the Japanese character Katakana (I) was displayed on a Braun tube. Takayanagi had dreamed of “wireless distance vision,” which could reproduce a scene from far away.


The Japanese character Katakana (I) displayed on television



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