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Yasujiro Niwa
'Yasujiro Niwa
was a
Japanese
electrical scientist
from
Matsusaka, Mie
. In the
1920s
, he
invented
a
simple
device
for
phototelegraphic transmission
through
cable
and later
via
radio
, a
precursor
to
mechanical television
. He later became the
Director
of the Department of
Electronic Engineering
of
University of Tokyo
. He was awarded the Order of
Cultural
Merits
and the
Order of Merit
of the
First Class
.
