# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yasujiro-niwa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:30:59.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yasujiro-niwa"
name: "Yasujiro Niwa"
slug: "yasujiro-niwa"
description: "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 technology that contributed to the development of mechanical television in Japan. He later became the Director of the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merits and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure."
tagline: "Japanese engineer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1893-04-01"
deathDate: "1975-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.07
  momentum:             0.523138832997988
  historical:           5.885494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasujir%C5%8D_Niwa"
    title: "Yasujirō Niwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niwa_Yasujir%C5%8D"
    title: "Niwa Yasujirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasujiro_Niwa"
    title: "Yasujiro Niwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B9%E7%BE%BD%E4%BF%9D%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E"
    title: "丹羽保次郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B9%E7%BE%BD%E4%BF%9D%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E"
    title: "丹羽保次郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%99%80_%EC%95%BC%EC%8A%A4%EC%A7%80%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "니와 야스지로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6619843"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump