They say October 28 is sokki kinenbi(速記記念日), anniversary of shorthand. On September 19, 1882 Mr. Koki Takusari(田鎖綱紀) published about how to record hearing on the newspaper. It was Pitman's system, Graham way. On October 28, 1882 he held the first training course of shorthand in Tokyo. To commemorate this day, Nihon Sokki Kyokai(日本速記協会), Japan Shorthand Association decided the day as anniversary in 1888.
Shorthand gave an eye-opening impression to the people at that time, and he was called denpitsu shogun(電筆将軍), electric pen general.
The world history of shorthand is very long, since the ancient Greece. There are so many ways. However Japan is the only country among the advanced nations that has the complete records of minutes of the Diet from the very first time because shorthand was adopted from the beginning of the Imperial Diet in 1890.
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