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by tkgally 1077 days ago
Telegrams are still commonly used in Japan to send messages of congratulations and condolence.

https://www.denpoppo.com/

https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/dmail/

Wedding and funeral ceremonies often include a segment where someone reads aloud messages that have been delivered by telegram.

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This doesn't seem like a technological issue at all, unlike Fax machines. Unless I'm missing something, this is basically like the old-fashioned "singing telegrams" in the US, except without the singing part: you're just hiring a person to deliver a message in-person and read it aloud. The message isn't being transmitted over actual telegraph wires.