Reduced Bg Tokyo, Mar. 29.
Effective from April 1 this year, the Ministry of Communications is 16 make a general reduction in charges for cables destined abroad, including those sent to American and European countries.
According to the new measure, the a gt charge of ¥.255 per word between Tokyo and New York, which is at present in force, will be reduced to ¥.247 per word. The charge of ¥.2.38 issd per_word between Tokyo and points n Europe will be reduced to ¥.2.32. The Ministry of Communications, through the present reduction, will, it is announced, suffer a loss of about ¥.1,000,000 annually—Reuter.
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