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Yasujiro Niwa

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Japanese engineer

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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.

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Yasujiro NiwaYasujiro NiwaTransmitter of NE-type phototelegraphic system (Fax). Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.Transmitter of NE-type phototelegraphic system (Fax). Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.Receiver of NE-type phototelegraphic system (Fax). Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.Receiver of NE-type phototelegraphic system (Fax). Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.

Awards 4

1985Ten Japanese Great Inventors
1959Order of Culture
1959Person of Cultural Merit
1937Imperial Prize of Japan Academy

Connected to Yasujiro 6

Takamine JōkichiAlso won Ten Japanese Great InventorsFumio HayashiAlso won Imperial Prize of Japan AcademyYasuhiko AsahinaAlso won Imperial Prize of Japan AcademyTomizo YoshidaAlso won Imperial Prize of Japan AcademyMasao ItōAlso won Imperial Prize of Japan AcademyKiyoshi MutōAlso won Imperial Prize of Japan Academy

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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.

Country
Japan
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1893 to 1975 · aged 81
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