communications (post, telegraph, etc.)
Historical term for postal and telegraph services, used in pre-1949 contexts.
The Ministry of Communications handled pre-war communications administration.
Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved 1949)
Abbreviation of 逓信省, the historical ministry overseeing communications and transportation.
See also: 逓信省
The Ministry of Communications was abolished in 1949.
Standard kanji form for this historical term.
Coined by combining 逓 from 駅逓, the postal relay system, with 信 from 電信, telegraphy. The term consequently covered postal and telegraphic communications.