The heyday of the pager is long since over, but the devices themselves have continued to be used for specialized purposes like search-and-rescue teams and emergency workers. In Japan, however, the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Screenshot: 葬儀葬式ch有限会社佐藤葬祭 Remember pagers? Maybe not! If you were around in the 1990s, you might’ve carried a pager in case someone wanted to get in ...

In brief: Those of a certain age who hold nostalgic memories for obsolete technology might feel a tug of the heart strings reading this story: over in Japan, the country's last pager service provider ...