In Japan, the new school year begins in April, and March is a crucial time for students awaiting college entrance exam results. Before the internet and widespread telephones, a special telegram service was used to notify students who lived far from exam centers. What made this service unique was its poetic wording. Successful students received […]
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In Japan, the new school year starts in April. In March, students would know the result of their college entrance exam. In olden days, when there was no internet nor telephones, there was a service of telegramming the entrance exam result to applicants who lived farther away. The accepted ones would receive a telegram that […]
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